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Red
2006 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
Syrah
- France
- Rhône
- Northern Rhône
- Hermitage
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Community Tasting Notes 131
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bobadopolis Likes this wine: 97 points
March 17, 2024 - Decanted for 4 hours. Drank with North African spiced chicken. Spectacular.
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Montesquieu Likes this wine: 98 points
March 2, 2024 - Extraordinary bottle and easily my red WOTN amongst a great lineup at a collector friend's retirement party. Full of smoke, tar, olive. Resolved and well integrated tannins. No tertiary development. This can age for decades, but I'd argue this bottle sat in the bullseye of its peak window.
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jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 98 points
January 29, 2024 - Double decanted for 2 hrs, med. ruby with a lighter rim, dark fruit with bacon; outstanding, significantl better that my other recent bottle & was WOTN at the dinner, ready to drink
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Winevestor Likes this wine: 95 points
January 1, 2024 - My first Chave and did not disappoint. Big wine but integrated and surprizingly elegant. Lots of meat, and black fruit. Drinking well now, but more to go.
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JJYoyo Likes this wine: 94 points
December 24, 2023 - 3 hr decant. Both more and less than I expected. The more: more seamless, more integrated, more refined and elegant. The less: less perfumed nose, less viscosity, less raw power than anticipated. A bit of bacon-like brett but not too much to distract. A keen menthol edge to the palate; on the nose it was closer to eucalyptus. Meaty and leathery on the nose, and while their was some olive-like weight to it, it was in the background. Overall very satisfied.
Score: 94. Relative to expectations: ++3 people found this helpful Comment
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/31/2016 (link)(Dom Jean-louis Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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4/14/2013 (link)(Dom Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Delving into the Languedoc Roussillon, Issue #7, 3/28/2011 (link)(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/26/2009 (link)(Dom Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
January/February 2009, IWC Issue #142 (link)(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
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By Richard Jennings
10/28/2011 (link) 92 points(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Dark purple red violet color; toast, tart currant, mineral, tart plum nose; tasty, tight, tart currant, smoky, very tart plum, mineral palate with incipient bacon fat; needs 3 years; long finish 92+ points
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By Richard Jennings
9/11/2009 (link) 93 points(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Oak, toast, black fruit, fig and mineral nose; tasty, youthful, tart black fruit, tar, raspberry, chocolate palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
5/2/2009 (link) 91 points(Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage) Lovely berry and mulberry nose with a sense of smoke; a baby, but nice berry, mulberry, and tart black fruit palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Northern Rhône
- Appellation Hermitage
- UPC Codes 3760046020017, 3760046021106
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 60 (2%)
- In Cellars 2,444 (71%)
- Consumed 959 (28%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerDomaine Jean-Louis Chave
- VarietySyrah
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionNorthern Rhône
- AppellationHermitage
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