JL Chave Mon Coeur Cotes-du-Rhone 2013 (750ML)

90 VM

90 Points Vinous Media: Vivid ruby. Ripe and perfumed on the nose, displaying energetic red and blue fruit aromas and a hint of white pepper. Broad, sappy and seamless in the mouth, offering sweet black raspberry and boysenberry flavors with a suggestion of spice cake. The berry notes resonate on the smooth, clinging, gently tannic finish, which shows no rough edges. -Antonio Galloni

"A much more accessible path to the heroic king of Hermitage are through the Jean-Louis Chave Selections, his négociant line which sources grapes from various areas in the northern Rhone (Mon Coeur Cotes du Rhone is a blend of excellent plots in Vinsobres, Visan, Buisson, and Estargues while Silène Croze-Hermitage is 50% estate Syrah and 50% purchased.) As with all things Chave, quality is eminent even at the entry level." -Winemaker