2016 Hermitage Farconnet
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Really savoury and peppery nose – gravel, meat and blue fruits. Packed with mouth-filling ripe intensely concentrated fruits, blueberry, biltong, sweet tobacco and violets. Impressively rich and complex and packs a real punch! GV (AC)
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Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
Josh Raynolds
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Saturated ruby. Mineral- and spice-accented aromas of fresh dark berries, licorice and candied violet show excellent delineation, clarity and lift. At once rich and energetic in the mouth, offering juicy black raspberry, cherry and spicecake flavors that steadily deepen on the back half. Turns sweeter on the persistent, penetrating finish, which features well-knit tannins and lingering floral and exotic spice notes. This is quite graceful, and while it will no doubt reward patience, it's awfully easy to drink now.
About the producer
The Chaves have been growing grapes in the Northern Rhône since 1481. Jean-Louis Chave is the 16th generation to head up the family domaine, having taken over from his father in 1992.