2018 J.L. Chave Cote du Rhone "Mon Coeur"ABOUT THIS WINE Though the Ctes du Rhne is technically made from purchased fruit, Chave generally has financed his sources and takes their grapes by a mtayage (sharecropping) arrangement. He has more or less complete control over the farming, which is organic. The grapes are shipped to Chaves facility inside his Saint Joseph Le Clos site in Mauves. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks and levage is in an assortment of new and old barrels, demi

especially peaches and sliced oranges

His intuitive and fearless pursuit of innovation has been a driving force in the txakolina discipline

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which benefit from the perfect exposure and enjoy favorable overnight drops in temperature

After graduating UC Davis he moved back to Los Angeles and worked in a hospital for a short stint

The indigenous grapes dry for over 3 months

Chief winemaker at Catena Zapata from 1976 until 2010

ripe strawberry

between the Ionian and the Adriatic sea

Sicily has a long history of winemaking

unforgiving

carries on the tradition of uncompromising