Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2022
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave · Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
A monumental blend of Marsanne and Roussanne from one of the world's most storied hillsides — built for decades, rewarding patience with a rare, hushed grandeur.
Nose
Layered aromatics of white peach, honeysuckle, beeswax, crushed almonds, and a wisp of woodsmoke, with chamomile and quince deepening as it opens.
Palate
Broad and quietly powerful — poached pear, candied lemon peel, and toasted hazelnut carried by an oily texture, tempered by a mineral seam of wet granite and saline tension.
Finish
Extraordinarily long, resolving into dried flowers, marzipan, and warm brioche, with a slow taper into stony silence.
- Varietal
- Marsanne
- Blend
- Approximately 80% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne
- Vineyards
- Multiple lieux-dits on the Hermitage hill including Les Rocoules, L'Ermite, Peleat, and Maison Blanche — old vines on granite, loess, and limestone soils.
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
- Skin Contact
- No
Cocktail Suggestion
Served neat — no cocktail — This wine is far too rare and complex for mixing. Serve at 54°F in a Burgundy glass, ideally decanted an hour before pouring, or cellared for a decade or more.
Food Pairing
Roasted Bresse chicken with morel cream sauce, aged Comté, or a delicate turbot poached in beurre blanc.
Crafted by Jean-Louis Chave, sixteenth-generation vigneron on the granite slopes of Hermitage, from parcels farmed by his family since 1481 — a wine of near-liturgical continuity.
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