2022 Hermitage "Farconnet", JL Chave Selections
$84.99
Diognières, Greffieux and Péléat, fruit bought from neighbors on the hill, mostly destemmed and aged two years in barrel, about a fifth of it new. 2022 was a hot, dry summer, and Farconnet carries that sun as depth, not heaviness. Dark fruit and spice from the Diognières pebbles, structure from Greffieux, finesse from Péléat. Open now with an hour in a decanter, or hold it well into the next decade.