For the ultimate combination of prestige and value, we turn to Chave’s Hermitage Farconnet.
Chave’s regular Hermitage bottling is one of the greatest wines from the northern Rhone and currently sells for a few hundred dollars per bottle. The Hermitage Farconnet, which is a part of Chave’s négociant label, maintains every bit of Chave’s exacting standards but costs just a fraction of the price.
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The fruit for Farconnet is meticulously selected from three different parcels: Diognières, Péleat, and Greffieux, and Chave’s legendary blending skills are on clear display. The wine offers equal parts intensity and finesse and a layered, nuanced expression of Hermitage. One of the things that I appreciate about Farconnet is that while it ages beautifully, it also drinks really well with 5-10 years of age.
Chave's 2021 Hermitage Farconnet is extraordinarily pure and transparent. In this energetic vintage, the wine has dazzling aromatics and really flaunts the class inherent to Hermitage. The radiance that courses through the 2021 makes it lovely to drink today, but the overall composition and harmony gesture towards a wine that will age nicely.
Chave has long been a pillar at Crush, and we frequently extol his winemaking skill. But the 2021 Hermitage Farconnet provides one of the clearest and most attainable examples of his mastery. Simply put, quality and value this good rarely meet.
To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.
Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare
Crush Wine & Spirits
