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Côtes du Rhône Mon coeur J-L. Chave Sélection 2016

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • Organic
  • 14.50% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

This Côtes-du-Rhône, which should be enjoyed young, offers up a more accessible glimpse of the Chave style and wonderful aromatic intensity. More info

This cuvée offers an excellent, more accessible snapshot of the skills of the Chave family. The colour is a fairly intense purple. The nose offers a bouquet that is fruity (red and black berries) and peppery, with cinnamon notes. With a fine acidity and soft tannins, this wine ends in a lingering finish.

Côtes du Rhône Mon coeur J-L. Chave Sélection serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Rognons de veau, Bar, Coulommiers.

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Côtes du Rhône Mon coeur J-L. Chave Sélection

    The wine

    This cuvée offers an excellent, more accessible snapshot of the skills of the Chave family. The colour is a fairly intense purple. The nose offers a bouquet that is fruity (red and black berries) and peppery, with cinnamon notes. With a fine acidity and soft tannins, this wine ends in a lingering finish.

    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 good appearance
    • Origin: Trade
    • Recoverable VAT: Yes
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14.50 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Côtes du Rhône
    • Producer/Owner: J-L. Chave Sélection
    • Vintage: 2016
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 16.5
    • Volume: 56000
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 50% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre
    Côtes du Rhône Mon coeur J-L. Chave Sélection
    Côtes du Rhône Mon coeur J-L. Chave Sélection

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