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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.8 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 296 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 3/7/2024 & rated 94 points: Rhône or Nôwhere 2.0 (Malcolm, NE): Not to be outdone, the 1989 Chave Hermitage Rouge showed more brambles than the ’88 along with other desiccated blue and black fruits. Dried flowers, beef, blood, leather and mushrooms. Every time I have the pleasure of drinking old Chave, I’m reminded that these wines have so much character and there is a reason they are so adored. Lovely with grilled lamb and Moroccan spices. Drink now through 2040. Merci Matt! (566 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 2/9/2024 & rated 98 points: Friday Night at Dave's Place: This pours light garnet in the glass. The nose is absolutely bananas exploding in a blaze of sea spray, nori, dill pickle brine, sweat, saline, toasted and crushed cumin and coriander seed, white and black pepper, pickled ginger, dried cherry, and dried blueberry. The palate is silky with a bright red fruited entry with medium minus tannin and medium plus acid. The finish closes harmoniously on smoky blueberry notes. Absolutely astounding and a great value at $1250 CAD. This is significantly better than my last showing of the 1989 Chave and in my view only just a hair behind the 1991 and 1990. Incredible wine. (1199 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 11/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Ye Paulee (Hao Noodle): Woody, ripe, on the sweet side with good length. 93-94 (1630 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 10/16/2023 & rated 97 points: Somehow this was better than the 1990 tonight! (1585 views) | | | Tasted by mpoel on 9/23/2023 & rated 98 points: Ticks all the boxes. Nose evolved - dried flowers and herbs and leavy. Burgundian on the palate with fabulous length and complexity - top notch (1411 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 9/16/2023 & rated 97 points: Initially this had quite a bit of barnyard on the nose, which thankfully blew off with time in the decanter. Complex notes of underwood, red fruit, savory, allspice, and pepper emerge. The palate is very well balanced with tart fruit flavors, cherries, violets, more pepper, meat, and a distinct earthy tone. Long finish. Although this started out a little weird, it really picked up weight and complexity with air. An outstanding wine after about an hour or so. (1578 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 7/21/2023: Dinner at Copine with Steve and Jason (Ballard, WA): The 1989 Chave is just such classic Hermitage. Smoky, roasted, yet Burgundian in that Chave way with cherry and mineral. For an appellation that tends to have burly and sturdy, masculine, expression of Syrah, this is the exact opposite. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 6/19/2023 & rated 98 points: Showing beautifully, this gem pops with its perfume of olives, herbs, peppery kirsch, black raspberries, and leafy green aromas. Full, rich, intense, refined, and yet wild, with layers of perfectly ripe, red fruits, iron, and spices. Popped and poured, the wine hit everything right. Drink 2023-2035. (3401 views) | | | Tasted by Burgland on 6/6/2023 & rated 96 points: Morello cherries with a whiff of strawberry and sherry on the nose; more cherry and iron on the palate; perfect tannins that coat the mouth; a very long finish. It took two hours in a glass to wake up and show itself. Should be great for quite a while to come. As expected, Chave Hermitage in a great vintage rarely disapoints. (1226 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 5/9/2023: Rhone Candidate dinner - Hermitage Theme (Essential by Christophe): For many the WOTN and it probably was although when the math becomes 4 bottles of this or 1 bottle of that I’m not sure its a fair fight and I’m not sure which direction I’d go since the La Chapelles were drinking very well. This wine is all classy Old school with baking spices (slightly different than what I normally get). The bacon and meat a bit more subdued although there in the background. Drinking nicely but with a long life ahead. (1791 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 4/15/2023 & rated 94 points: Takes some time to open up fully, but it's worth the wait. A wine that whispers rather than speaks; a core of beautiful red fruit with gentle meaty, olive, and leathery accents. The smokiness/meatiness is there but a lot more restrained than I've found in a lot of other Chave. It's a pretty wine and I'm glad for the chance to sit and follow it over a few hours, though my attention did waver often given the other Syrahs on the table. (1483 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 4/15/2023 & rated 95 points: "I'm not having a glass of wine; I'm having six. It's called a tasting and it's classy." (Chicago, IL): A very light version of this wine, and maybe even this vintage. The nose is stellar with this amazing smoked meat quality to it. Slight olive brine as well and a very red-fruited temperament. On the palate this doesn't have the weight of the 1990 or 1991, and there's a wispy, delicacy that's also very enjoyable here. Lots of acidity and a very lovely lightness overall. However, I think this bottle paled in comparison to both the 2006 Allemand Chaillot and the 1999 Gallet this afternoon. (2063 views) | | | Tasted by grub94 on 4/10/2023 & rated 94 points: Purchased on release. Bright med garnet with minimal bricking on rim. Big nose of dark cherry, leather, purple flowers, savory spice. Palate also reveals hints of roasted meats and smoke. Tannins are resolved with a fine vein of acid still holding everything together. Full, one finale. Pure Chave! (1049 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 3/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Northern Rhone-a-thon: This pours medium garnet in the glass. The nose is perhaps lacking some of the development and overt complexity of the 83 and 88 poured previously, however its lovely. The nose is of red jujubes, rose petals, red cherry, toasted bread, tree bark, and dry dusty soil. It shows lovely texture on the palate with bright red fruit turning to cherry and plum, and a finish that is very long, yet not quite as complex as I'd hope. Overall this came across to me as more primary than expected with limited secondary and tertiary elements. To me that held this particular showing back a tad, although it's obvious that further aging will likely achieve the maturity I'd like to see. (1777 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 11/10/2022: Lots of debate on whether this was corked or not. I don't think so. Yet the funk was there and didn't quite let the meatiness and fruit sing. Solid but not as good as other bottles. (1769 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 11/10/2022: "The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Chicago, IL): Although the nose on this right after pouring it out of the bottle smelled so much like TCA I just couldn't get it out of my mind, I also concede that the musty notes did not become more prevalent with air, and in fact cleared up some. Others liked this bottle a lot more than I did; I just couldn't shake the slight TCA note here (whether or not it actually was TCA, we'll never know). The fruit is red and elegant, the tannins fully resolved. This would've been a killer bottle if not for that persistent doubt in the back of my mind. (2225 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 10/12/2022 flawed bottle: Affected. (1754 views) | | | Tasted by ruffsurf on 9/30/2022 & rated 95 points: Bought in 1992. Cellared at home at 55 until last night. Upright for 3 hours. Minimal sediment. Cork good shape. 15-minutes air in decanter. So...never doubt the staying power of Chave. Stunned to see just minimal color fade. Elegant perfume. Light body yet expansive and long finish. If blind would have sworn this was a 10 year old wine. Paired with short ribs at Contento in NYC. 2 bottles left in my cellar. No need to rush or wait if cellared properly. (1394 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 6/23/2022 & rated 93 points: Chave: "In the name of science" (Chicago, IL): I keep chasing the high of the first bottle of this that I ever opened. This bottle didn't get anywhere near there. A somewhat mute nose, showing little but some earth and iron tones, and maybe a bit of syrah acidity and smoke as well. The palate was much better; plenty of fruit still but lacking the complexity that I remember this wine having before. Again, like the 1985, this would have been a fantastic wine in isolation, but as part of the 1988-91 quadruplet, it really got lost. (2708 views) | | | Tasted by hargy on 4/21/2022 & rated 92 points: certainly mature, this was a little disappointing - lovely, easy bouquet on opening, the wine exhibits strong tea flavours (lapsing souchong?) which tends to overwhelm the fruit (1586 views) | | | Tasted by clayfu on 2/9/2022: Mag - decanted a hour or so before dinner for sediment. The wine started out with high acid, broad structure and feral secondary notes. But on the second and third pour the wild red brambly fruit you get in older Chave starts to really show up and interlace itself with the complex meaty iodine feral notes with spice all along the edges. Definitely the youngest showing bottle I've had of this and it was fantastic. I wish I went back to it for the bottom 1/3rd of the bottle cause I bet it would have been really strutting its stuff. (2829 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 1/9/2022 & rated 94 points: Earthy but smooth with restrained dark spice. (2450 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 1/5/2022: I've always loved this vintage, and tonight's bottle was no exception. Lush, sexy, brilliant, and a perfect bottle. (2331 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/6/2021 & rated 99 points: Just a tiny step behind the otherwordly 1990, the wine exudes its smoke, plum, thyme, iodine, crushed rock, spice, herb, earth and red plum with cherry nose easily. Full-bodied, elegant, refined, soft and lusty, the wine is utterly compelling, leaving you with layers of intense, pure, fresh, red berries and spice. (3319 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 11/21/2021 & rated 93 points: Chave Hermitage Dinner (Greenwood - Highwood IL): Single blind in 82/88/89 flight. Opened less than an hour in advance, not decanted. Dense and powerful black fruit, but slightly obscured by more powerful tannins and structure. Clearly lots here, but slightly awkward tonight. This bottle was the least interesting I can ever recall for this wine, and think the lack of air was a major reason. (2885 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Vinous Table: NoMad, New York City (Mar 2020) (3/1/2020)
(Domaine J.l. Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Matt Walls
Decanter, Legendary Hermitage (6/16/2019)
(Domaine JL Chave, Hermitage, Rhône, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/7/2018)
(Dom Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Vinous Table: Chave Hermitage Vertical at Ristorante Morini, New York (May 2014)
(Jean-louis Chave Hermitage) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2013, Issue #46, Recently Tasted Rhône Wines Revisiting One of My Favorite Regions of Yesteryear
(Hermitage- Domaine Jean-Louis Chave) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2008, Issue #18, Recently Tasted Rhône Wines
(Hermitage- Domaine Jean-Louis Chave (Kermit Lynch)) Login and sign up and see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, June 2008, Issue #20
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Rouge) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bonus Reviews (4/23/2008)
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bonus Reviews (9/25/2007)
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, Results & Tasting Notes from Evening Auction (5/11/2007)
(Chave Hermitage) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2006, Issue #2, Recently Tasted Northern Rhône Wines
(Chave Hermitage) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, Hanging with Mr. Parker and Mr. Squires in Baltimore and D.C (2/21/2005)
(Chave Rouge) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, weekly update - An Evening with Jean-Louis Chave and more (12/6/2004)
(Chave Hermitage Rouge) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Bonus Articles, Domaine Jean-Louis Chave (December 2003)
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Vinous, July/August 1999, IWC Issue #85
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| Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Read about Domaine JL ChaveSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESHermitage Guide to Hermitage wine Guide to Cote Rotie - Read about the Northern Rhone Valley
• The appellation stretches over 3 communes in the Drôme "département" : Tain-l'Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and Larnage.
• The soils are a combination of granite with alluvial quaternary delta deposits, and, on the eastern side, Pliocene clay. This diversity explains the numerous different names given to vineyard plots within the appellation : Bessards, Greffieux, Méal, Roucoule, Beaumes, etc.
• The meso-climate provides shelter from the north winds, where the majority of the slopes is well exposed, facing south.
•The vineyards area adds up to 134 hectares/331 acres, with an annual production of 3,635 hectoliters. Authorized maximum yield is 40 hectoliters/hectare (2.3 US tons/acres).
• Grape varieties : Syrah (an addition of up to 15% of Marsanne or Roussanne is allowed).
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