Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc, 2021 TEST This 8 year old whisk(e)y

This 8 year old whisk(e)y is rich and supple

A wine built equally for near-term enjoyment and graceful cellar aging through 2034

brioche and toasty accents give the 1er Cru lovely aromatic nuance to play off its translucent personality

Her grandfather Georges Passot founded the domaine in 1960

and denser Christmas pudding with cereal and orange behind

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc, 2021 TEST This 8 year old whisk(e)yOne of the world's greatest white wines, full stop. The Chave family has been making wine since 1481, sixteen generations of vignerons pre en fils, originally in Saint Joseph before buying land on the hill of Hermitage from 1865. Jean Louis Chave's Hermitage Blanc is roughly 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne drawn from the family's oldest estate parcels: Les Rocoules, Maison Blanche, Plat, and l'Hermite, with many vines well over 60 years old. The 2021