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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 199 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by lozatron on 11/15/2023: N Rhone Feast (Noizé): Deep purple colour - young seeming for its age. Something a bit rum about this - discussion of VA at the table. Suspect this was not a great bottle. (1409 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 10/26/2023 & rated 93 points: My last bottle and no regrets in that sense. It's very fine afte an hour with ai, a tough almost lean vintage showing, but soon comes coffee, chocolate and tobacco. Tell tale iron notes as well, amazing depth here. No hurry, but certainky no sin to drink it either.
#Bagnols-en-Fôret (1512 views) | | | Tasted by redders on 10/8/2023 & rated 93 points: 4 hour decant. Very firm on first sip after decanting. Classic Chave nose . Palate intense but balanced. Quite a firm year . Plenty of time but very very good now (1058 views) | | | Tasted by clayfu on 10/1/2023: Allemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Wildly different wine from the 1992 that was served by it. Really burly meaty and thick. Lots of olive and smoke on the nose and the palate had a coarse tannin and more tobacco driven notes with dark burly fruit. One to sit on for a bit longer (1630 views) | | | Tasted by alanr on 9/30/2023 & rated 93 points: The nose is surprisingly moderate, showing a bit less of the classic Chave truffle and smoke, palate is somewhat resolved, opens a little easy, then turns more savory, adding complexity as it airs. Quite beautiful. (1293 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 9/29/2023 & rated 96 points: Allemand vs Chave (Kitchen Istanbul): Gorgeous nose with brine, smoked meat, pepper, violets, olives, and forest notes. Nice acidity with bright fruit, more cherries, pepper, and spices on the palate. Long finish. Fantastic wine with lovely complexity that has aged beautifully. The palate in particular is spectacular. (1033 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 9/29/2023 & rated 97 points: Chave vs. Allemand (Kitchen Istanbul, SF): Tertiary nose with incredible intensity, mulch, olive brine, savory, violets, smoke; palate is medium bodied, savory, lovely intensity; long finish. This is spectacular, still improving. 97 (867 views) | | | Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 8/5/2023 & rated 95 points: 1996 Rhone and Burgundy (Bronte): classic flavours, pure essence of red berries, barely noticeable oak, refined soft spice, and a structure that is silky long and refined. absolutely delicious. (971 views) | | | Tasted by Putnam Weekley on 7/30/2023 & rated 96 points: from magnum. pristine fill and cork. abundant bouquet. more interesting than I can measure. deliberate acid structure meets the bistecca fiorentina more than halfway. such pretty wilted floral music, born on a broth of elegant mushroom and sweet stone. choral black roots and berries. a transparent respite from insidious expectations of sticky fruit. (1143 views) | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 1/23/2023: Very good, although not quite as special as other bottles of 96’ Chave I’ve drank. May not have been stored perfectly. Still delicious though. (1953 views) | | | Tasted by Bullethead on 1/15/2023 & rated 98 points: Nose is 100, as good as a chave can get. Palate 96. Colour is garnet but it's no tired at all. Amazing wine. (1502 views) | | | Tasted by MLR on 1/14/2023 & rated 92 points: Wonderful wine with sweet plum present all around a hint at old tannins too. (1429 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 11/24/2022 & rated 93 points: Very clean bottle. More black olive than scorched earth / smoke. A distinctive Chave perfume above the robust black and red fruit. A little big and punchy but beginning to show some elegance and finesse. 93- 94, see 12/18/20 note. (1601 views) | | | Tasted by Goodwine4ever on 7/10/2022 & rated 93 points: Première fois avec un vieux Hermitage de Chave.
Au nez j'étais sur du Pinot, petit fruits rouge, délicat, florale un peu de poivre avec une belle matière profonde. La bouche est similaire, en fraicheur, c'est savoureux, fin, belle finale agréable. un vin dans son sweet spot moins expressif que les deux cote-rotie side by side mais plus pure et en fraicheur. (2152 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 6/23/2022 & rated 95 points: Chave: "In the name of science" (Chicago, IL): From magnum. I've always been suspicious of this vintage because of a dodgy bottle (whose flaw I never identified) a few years ago. Yeah, not really rational. Anyway, this bottle was very different from that. An exuberant, explosive nose with generous red fruit and still some juiciness on the palate too. There's a little leather on the nose, giving this a slight animale note. Lighter in texture, in a more acid-driven style and a huge contrast to the 1997. (2497 views) | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 4/23/2022 & rated 96 points: This bottle is drinking so well tonight. Amazing consistency from Chave…. (1802 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 4/4/2022: *** Please read ***
Ok this is now 2 days since we opened it and thought of it dull. Just left it in bottle with replacement cork and 2 days later the wine is definitely better. It’s not the expressive 1997 but is no longer dull. So the wine is in an awkward place and needs really a long devant. The fact that it shows little oxidation 2 days later means the wine is to be forgotten for a good 5yrs and forgiven for its current state. That is our plan of action for the other 3 we own. (2175 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 4/2/2022: Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): A wine that keeps on misfiring recently, muted and not expressive and definitely the outlier in the 90s line up of vintages that Chave has produced. We have left this in bottle overnight to observe over the next few days, maybe its in need of a much longer decant. Pont less to rate now. (2028 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 2/26/2022 & rated 91 points: Similar mid to full ruby as the 99. Stylistically similar, but not quite in the same league as the 99, everything dialled back a little. Might have needed a bit more air as a bottle a couple of years ago was right up there after a two hour decant. **** (1684 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 12/15/2021 & rated 93 points: Drinking very nicely. Fully mature, tell-tale notes of olives, hanged meat, some barnyard, minerals. Texture is smooth and elegant. No need to wait any longer, IMHO
Xmaslunch#Chezmoi#PB (2425 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 11/21/2021 & rated 90 points: Chave Hermitage Dinner (Greenwood - Highwood IL): Single blind in 98/97/96/95 flight. Charming and nicely mature aromas, but less harmonious on the palate. Lots here, as expected, but richer start, more tart finish. Probably limited upside, but certainly good now. (2400 views) | | | Tasted by DH90 on 11/7/2021 & rated 94 points: Excellent ullage; healthy cork. Deep garnet color with some brown on the edges. Complex aromatics with some lovely funkiness that blew off and revealed hints of blueberries, blackberries, tar, and leather. Held together well over several hours after decanting. Lovely wine with years of bottle life ahead still. (1548 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 10/31/2021 & rated 93 points: Not my best bottle of this, no flaws, just not as dramatically expressive with that signature Chave smoke, meats, and floral sweetness. Very good, but could have been brighter and had bigger projection off the nose. (1805 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 7/24/2021 & rated 95 points: I came to this without any expectations and was very pleased to see it showing so well with a beautiful nose of ripe berries, sour cherry, smoke, and roast meat. Fullish and quite suave on the palate; lots of sap and nice length. 95-96 points (2935 views) | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 7/14/2021 & rated 95 points: Another solid Chave vintage, strawberries with a bit of meaty and spicy notes, drinking very well. (1881 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2023, Issue #107, Recently-Tasted Rhône Wines Autumn 2023 (9/1/2023)
(Hermitage- Domaine Jean-Louis Chave) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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JancisRobinson.com (11/10/2011)
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JancisRobinson.com (7/16/2009)
(Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2006, Issue #2, Recently Tasted Northern Rhône Wines
(Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) 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, January/February 1999, IWC Issue #82
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/23/2011)
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Bricking, cloudy dark red violet color; mature, beef brisket, charcoal, tart black fruit nose; mature, but somehow tight yet, tart black fruit, tar, charcoal palate with a sense of pepper; medium-plus finish 92+ points 92 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (12/4/2008)
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) From magnum - Cloudy, bricking, dark raspberry red color; big lamb jus, earthy, horseradish and pepper nose; yummy but elegant, tart meat jus and pepper palate; medium-plus finish 96 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/29/2004)
(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Chave Hermitage Tasting 2000-1990: Oaky nose; good, light beefy palate with medium-plus acidity, tomatoey tannins; medium-plus finish 94+ points 94 points |
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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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