Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc Vintage:2007 youthfully austere and built-to-age finish

youthfully austere and built-to-age finish that just goes on and on

redcurrant and violet on the nose

especially when you add in the mature mouth feel and taste

there is a minor sensation of green flavors

grainy tannins

Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Hermitage Blanc Vintage:2007 youthfully austere and built-to-age finishThe 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,