Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc Vintage:2007 scattered all over Chambolle)

scattered all over Chambolle)

Both the 2010 and the 2009 continue to blow me away every time I taste them

kirsch and thyme-scented perfume

very tight and tannic

redcurrant and violet on the nose

Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc Vintage:2007 scattered all over Chambolle)The 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,