2016 Hermitage
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I loved the 2016 Hermitage from Yann Chave, and I always feel this wine flies under the radar of most Hermitage lovers. That’s probably due to the tiny quantities, but it’s a beautiful wine and ages gracefully as well. The 2016 offers a textbook bouquet of smoked black fruits, sappy herbs, and spring flowers, with a terrific underlying sense of minerality. Deep, inky-colored, medium to full-bodied, and with good acidity, it shows the forward, charming style of the vintage but still needs 2-4 years of bottle age and will drink nicely for a decade or more. This was another terrific lineup from Yann Chave, who pulls from just four acres in Hermitage and just over 37 acres in Crozes Hermitage.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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A fine effort, Chave's 2016 Hermitage features hints of cedar, roasted meat, raspberry and cherry on the nose. A full-bodied wine with a creamy, supple mouthfeel and long finish, it shows notable freshness. Like many of the 2016s from the region, it's already approachable yet should live at least another 15 years.
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