Skull Wines is a project led by former NY somm Patrick Capiello and California alt-superstar Pax Mahle
There’s no oak heaviness—just clean fruit
yet with old-school California suaveness and swagger
Jean-François Régnier took over at age 20 from his father
old-school bottle for lovers of the wild side of white wine
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Rouge, 1999 SO032425 Pouillon Skull Wines is a projectThe 1999 vintage is widely regarded as the first of the great modern Northern Rhne vintagesthe year everything went right. For a family that has made Hermitage since 1481, that's saying something. Jean Louis Chave's 1999 is pure class: mineral drenched red and blackcurrant, smoked meat, camphor, crushed rock, and peppery herbs, with medium to full body and a seamlessly constructed palate. Ripe, well founded tannins carry delicious fullness and