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Hermitage Le Farconnet Jean-Louis Chave 2007

  • Spices
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • Organic
  • 13.50% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Silky

Cet hermitage, sélection des meilleurs parcelles du lieu-dit des Bessards, est un grand vin de garde. Avec le temps apparaîtront des notes d'épices et de garrigue. More info

  • Quantity: 2 Bottles
  • Level: 2 into-neck
  • Label: 2 very slightly marked label, 2 slightly bin-soiled label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Rhône
  • Appellation/Wine: Hermitage
  • Producer/Owner: Jean-Louis Chave
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Hermitage Le Farconnet Jean-Louis Chave serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Chili con carne, Estouffade de boeuf aux olives, Linguine aux girolles.

  • Vintage score: 16/20
  • Lot presentation
    Hermitage Le Farconnet Jean-Louis Chave

    The wine

    The Syrah wines of Jean-Louis Chave, in this cuvée, grow in an Hermitage lieu-dit known as Les Bessards. Overlooking the confluence of the Rhône and Doux rivers, its soil is granitic, enhancing the depth of the wine. The vines are a hundred years old, and the best parcels are blended to produce this wine, which will be matured for about 18 months in oak barrels. The bouquet is dominated by delicious blackcurrant aromas. In the mouth, the blackcurrant becomes more complex as it combines with animal, vegetal flavours. The balance is irreproachable.

    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: 2 Bottles
    • Level: 2 into-neck
    • Label: 2 very slightly marked label, 2 slightly bin-soiled label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13.50 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Hermitage
    • Producer/Owner: Jean-Louis Chave
    • Vintage: 2007
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 16.5
    • Intensity: Silky
    • Dominant aroma: Spices
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Syrah

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    Hermitage Le Farconnet Jean-Louis Chave 2007

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format