Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Rouge, 1999 SO032425 Pouillon old-school bottle for lovers of

old-school bottle for lovers of the wild side of white wine

and this bottling comes from old-vine plots in the famed hamlet of Chavignol

and crushed stone

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Rouge, 1999 SO032425 Pouillon old-school bottle for lovers ofThe 1999 vintage is widely regarded as the first of the great modern Northern Rhne vintagesthe year everything went right. For a family that has made Hermitage since 1481, that's saying something. Jean Louis Chave's 1999 is pure class: mineral drenched red and blackcurrant, smoked meat, camphor, crushed rock, and peppery herbs, with medium to full body and a seamlessly constructed palate. Ripe, well founded tannins carry delicious fullness and