Jl Chave Selection Hermitage Farconnet 2020
This 2020 Hermitage Farconnet by Jean‑Louis Chave Sélection offers an elegant interplay of poise and power, unveiling peppery game and lavender on the nose before yielding to silky dark berry fruit infused with olive tapenade and cedar undercurrents, all framed in a seamless and focused structure.
Tasting
- Aroma
- peppery game and lavender
- Palate
- dark berry fruit, olive tapenade, cedar
- Finish
- seamless, focused
Pairs with
- roasted lamb
- wild mushroom risotto
- aged sheep’s cheese
Vineyard & Cellar
- Vinification
- Fermented in tonneaux and stainless steel. Aged in barriques for 18-24 months.
From the Archive
The grapes come from 3 distinctive parts of the Hermitage hill. The majority of the blend comes from Diognières, which is at the base of the hill on alluvial soil with many small pebbles. It lends a note of spice to the wine. The next parcel is Péleat. It sits above Diognières and is composed of more sand and limestone in the clay. It gives finesse to the wine. And finally, Greffieux sits at the base of Le Méal on the hill. Its soil consists of rolled river stones brought by the glaciers. It brings structure to the finished wine. Farconnet was the name of a nobleman back in the time of Jean-Louis Chave’s great grandfather. He was actually the man from whom the great grandfather bought the Bessards parcel.