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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.9 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 3/12/2024: Big, deep and rich wine at this stage. Ordered off the list at the New Sheridan chop house in telluride. Obviously young and needs time, but still tasty to drink now with a big steak. (2323 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 2/16/2024: Don't even look at it. Just keep walking.
This wine joined the line up due to the generous pull of a good friend. The unfortunate part is this vintage is shut down. In reading my previous notes and behavior is a few years in so I highly suggest keeping these out of sight!
17 was glorious in the early going but is now a sleeping giant. Very muted on the nose and monolithic on the palate.
No score.
21 Ridge Grenache Blanc
17 JL Chave Hermitage
16 JL Chave Hermitage
14 E. Guigal La Londonne
11 JL Chave Saint Joseph
10 Vieux Chateau Certan (2432 views) | | | Tasted by Argrath on 10/13/2023 & rated 97 points: (BYO Blind tasting)
Full and incredibly succulent nose. Rich and flowery. Very deep and complex. Exotic spices, red fruit and black fruit. Violets and blueberry. So elegant!
Fullish, utterly balanced and elegant palate. Incredibly velvety tannins. Dense, concentrated and succulent. What a fruit, what a grip. Gently oaky and with a load of exotic spices. Pure and clean and very long.
Mind-boggling revelation! How can a Hermitage be so like a Burgundy Grand Cru? Wines I have tasted that reminds of this includes Anne Gros Richebourg and Clos de Vougeot!
A unique character, and light-years from the 2014 La Mouline tasted at the same occassion.
Surprisingly approachable, but can, of course, be cellared for many decades. (2371 views) | | | Tasted by jtreger on 10/15/2022 & rated 98 points: What a magnificent wine. The nose has plenty of blue and purple fruit, but it is the prominent notes of bacon fat, violets, and garrigue that stand out for me. The palate has great acidity to balance out the massive fruit and earthy notes. Tremendously long finish. While this was very enjoyable young, there is no doubt it will improve with another 10+ years of bottle age, and I plan to let my remaining bottles sleep a long while before touching another one. This is a wine that reminds me why I love wine so much. (5256 views) | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 3/6/2022 & rated 98 points: Nose: [58°-64°] Floral scents that give way to dark red fruits and ripe blueberries, soft gooseberries, fresh damp earth with a field of pure grass, a subtle touch of anise and damp peppery tree bark. There is also a streak of clean mineral throughout that seems to help brighten the dark aromas.
Palate: [58°-64°] Dark red fruits and berries that melds with an expansive deep earthiness on the palate, with a pleasurable bitter and burnt undertone on the mid-end palate. Just like the nose, the minerals on the palate are there from the beginning to the end, and with the help of great acidity, both really help give the flavors a bit of lift and intensity.
Attributes: Clear dark ruby with a bit of magenta. Dry with medium-plus to high amounts of strong, fine tannin. Medium to medium-plus body with medium-plus to high acidity (the acidity is well integrated). Great finish of at least 30+ seconds.
Thoughts: First bottle from Jean-Louis Chave and it did not disappoint. I did not expect this from a Syrah; so fragrant and such a unique play on the notes of fruit, earth, spices and minerals. This was so enjoyable throughout the entire tasting. I personally would enjoy this by itself as food seemed to have made the flavors wobble on their tracks at certain points. Though, this is most likely due to what I was eating during the time I was not tasting. This wine can and will age for years. Quite curious to see how this will develop over 20 years. I figure with the amount of tannin and acidity in this, 5-10 years wouldn't do much as this would probably still taste similar as it did today.
Serving notes: Bordeaux glass. Served one glass and emptied bottle into a decanter at cellar temp ~55° and consumed over 6 hours. Recommend serving ~62°-64° as the flavors became a bit flat and purple as the wine reached warmer temps (66°-68°). Decant if needed. (7612 views) | | | Tasted by ChaseBlk on 2/11/2022 & rated 99 points: Massive personality with phenomenal delicacy. This Hermitage shows powerful blackberry and plum alongside the underlying stony, spicy and meaty characteristics. (5615 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 1/1/2022 & rated 93 points: A friend pulled this bottle on New Years Day and we took it for a spin. What a night and day difference two months have made since the magnum we pulled on my birthday. Either this is bottle variation or 2017 has completely shut down and gone to sleep.
92/93 at best. This might be piece out till 2028. (7346 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 11/6/2021 & rated 98 points: 2017 Paul Jabouilet Aine vs. 2017 JLC Hermitage Both in 1.5L format.
Paired with Beef Bourguignon which was a perfect match!
Both bottles very approachable at PNP. Our dinner party gave the edge to the JLC as it was more focused and refined. Both are killer bottles in their own right and would not hesitate to add both producers to the cellar. 2017 is offering some early windows on wines that typically need 10 years plus of bottle age. 2017 is offering some early windows on wines that typically need 10 years plus of bottle age.
La Chapelle 97+ Drink or Hold
JLC 98+ Drink or Hold (7496 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 5/1/2020 & rated 93 points: Quarantine; 3/12/2020-5/29/2020 (Chicago, IL): #4289. This is massive. It doesn't quite have the potency of 2015 or the elegance of 2016 (the last two iterations I tasted right at commercial release), but there is plenty of fantastic material here. The fruit is borderline purple, but it's not over the top in any way. A smidgen of vanilla that is mostly a product of youth and will almost certainly integrate away. Most distinctive is the already prevalent blood and meat flavours here. Acidity that is heightened and prominent, but serves to give this wine lift. A fair bit of tannin as expected, too. On the whole this is a bit of a step down from the 2015/6 in terms of vintage, but it's really not like I'm ever turning a glass of this away, and by no means is that a statement indicating you should skip this in favour of the last two vintages. Chave Hermitage is truly the king of the hill, year in year out. (12559 views) |
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JebDunnuck.com, Northern Rhône: The 2018s and 2019s (11/19/2020)
(Chave Hermitage) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Power and Energy: The 2018 and 2017 Northern Rhônes (Apr 2020) (4/1/2020)
(Domaine J.l. Chave L' Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, The Northern Rhône: 2017 and 2018 (12/12/2019)
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JamesSuckling.com (10/2/2019)
(JL Chave Hermitage, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, 2017 and 2018 Northern Rhône (Jul 2019) (7/1/2019)
(Domaine J.l. Chave L'hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, The 2016 and 2017 Northern Rhônes (12/20/2018)
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JancisRobinson.com (11/7/2018)
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Decanter, Rhône 2017 Vintage Report (11/1/2018)
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JamesSuckling.com (8/28/2018)
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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.
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"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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