Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc other_regions it enters the palate with

it enters the palate with softness and elegance

Chardonnay seems to play the leading role in 2004

licorice and ample black fruits

French oak foudres

My recent visit to Giacomo Conterno was fascinating

Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc other_regions it enters the palate withThe exuberant 2007 Hermitage Blanc reveals notes of petroleum, crushed rocks, earth, white currants and peaches, an unctuous texture, high glycerin and good acidity. This big, thick white Hermitage will not be as long lived as the 2009, but for drinking over the next two decades, it is impossible to resist. Jean Louis and Gerard Chave opened a bottle of the 2003 Hermitage Blanc to give me an idea of how this vintage is aging. This monumental offering,