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Saint-Joseph Jean-Louis Chave 2016

  • Spices
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • Organic
  • 14% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Une volonté de fer sur un coteau difficile à travailler, donne un saint-joseph élégant et poivré. À déguster sur un magret de canard. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Rhône
  • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Joseph
  • Producer/Owner: Jean-Louis Chave
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Saint-Joseph Jean-Louis Chave serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Croustillants au boudin noir, pommes et pistaches, Magret de canard grillé, Boeuf jardinière.

Peak: Drink until 2031

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Saint-Joseph Jean-Louis Chave

    The wine

    This wine is the fruit of the hard work of Jean-Louis Chave, who decided to rebuild the terraces of a steep hillside in St. Joseph. Aromatically complex, it has considerable depth. It features the omnipresent peppery touch that Syrah produces in the St. Joseph terroir. A beautiful wine, made with passion and courage.

    Information about domain Jean-Louis Chave

    The Chave family has been making wine in the Rhone since the end of the 15th Century when a local lord granted them a vineyard plot. Jean-Louis Chave, son of Gérard, is currently at the helm of this mythical property on the Colline de l’Hermitage and continues to set himself challenges. The most recent of these was his acquisition of the phylloxera-devastated Clos Florentin in 2009. He also revived some vineyard parcels on the slopes of Bachasson in the Saint-Joseph appellation in the 1990s. The domain strives to bring out the best in its terroirs but does not produce single parcel wines or "super cuvées". The only exception to this is cuvée Cathelin which is named after a deceased artist friend of the winegrower. This cuvée is only produced in noteworthy years and production is limited to 2000 bottles. Jean-Louis Chave strives to perpetuate the domain’s distinctive style of wine, staying faithful to the ancestral practices that forged its reputation. This means carefully controlled yields, no artificial herbicides or fertilisers, harvesting grapes as late as possible to achieve optimum ripeness, and a very low intervention winemaking process to allow the wine to develop as it chooses. Each parcel’s crop is vinified and barrel-aged separately so that it fully expresses its distinctive character. This is what gives the final blend its beautiful complexity.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 very slightly marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Wine cabinet
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Joseph
    • Producer/Owner: Jean-Louis Chave
    • Vintage: 2016
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: Drink until 2031
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 26
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Spices
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Syrah
    Saint-Joseph Jean-Louis Chave
    Saint-Joseph Jean-Louis Chave

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