Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Saint-Joseph

Domaine Jean Louis Chave, Saint-JosephThe 2015 Saint Joseph has some delicate florals but is marked more by ripeness and power. Dark fruit, black olive and even some tarry notes feature prominently in this medium to full bodied wine thats supple, spicy and long on the finish.

500-liter French oak vats and 18% in new French barrique

It's a series that has set the bar extraordinarily high

open-knit nose

By contrast there is excellent freshness and underlying tension to the superbly well-concentrated and intensely mineral drive big-bodied flavors that flash plenty of classic Chambertin muscle on the austere

A restrained

It's a wine that spends two winters in barrel

An impressively complex nose offers up aromas of rose petals

with menthol

There is just enough reduction to mask the underlying fruit but not the floral and spice nuances

a perfect line of acidity

cranberry and a touch of red cherry)-a joyful and perhaps less serious nose

in close proximity to Lopez de Heredia and Marques de Riscal