Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage other_regions_italy This is also brooding and

This is also brooding and reticent with an intensely earthy nose of both red and dark pinot fruit that is trimmed in hints of game

chiseled and built to age finish

In this vintage

sauvage and newly turned earth hints

what this estate will produce in the next twenty years will completely surpass the previous twenty years

Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage other_regions_italy This is also brooding andI had the opportunity to retaste the wonderful 2015 Hermitage and have taken this opportunity to up my rating of it a couple of points, more in line with how I thought it would turn out from barrel than when I first tasted it from bottle last year. Yes, it's closed up pretty tight, but the potential is clearly enormous, with pungent, peppery aromas accenting espresso, black olive and blackberries. Full bodied, dense and supremely concentrated, with a