2019 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Rouge

Highly Rated
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave |Northern Rhone Valley |Shiraz
A superlative wine and the pinnacle of Hermitage, showing power, elegance and immense cellarability

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The Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Rouge is already showing that it's going to be an exquisite wine, worthy of every plaudit and glowing review.

Five different plots on the Hermitage hill – Beaumes, Péléat, L'Ermite, Méal, and Bessards – make up the Rouge, each offering something unique and wonderful to the blend. It's super ripe but not overdone, with red and black fruits accented by spice, florals, liquorice, crushed stones, and pepper. The tannins are velvety and the phenolics are full, which will help to give this wine a glorious mouthfeel as it ages.

While you can pop it open now and enjoy it, this wine needs at least 10 years in the cellar before you can truly appreciate its outstanding quality.

97 Points - "‘As usual, the 2019 Hermitage remained largely as separate components at the time of my visit. Some pre-blending had occurred, so I tasted a combination of Beaumes and Péléat, as well as components from L'Ermite, Méal and Bessards. Uniformly full-bodied, concentrated and long, with rich, velvety tannins, dark-fruit flavors (cassis, blueberries, boysenberries) and hints of crushed stone and licorice, comparisons with 2003 aren't unreasonable." Joe Czerwinski (Wine Advocate)

97 Points - "A potential candidate for the wine of the vintage, the 2019 Hermitage is a massive, full-bodied, yet mineral-laced and undeniably classic wine from this estate. All of the components showed incredibly well, with the Le Méal offering classic sexiness, the Hermite being straight and focused, and the Bessards just as good as any Syrah out there. It shows the ripeness of the vintage, yet the purity of fruit is incredible. It’s another magical wine in an incredible series of awesome Hermitage from this family." Jeb Dunnuck

The Chave residence and cellars are on the other side of the river from Hermitage, in the unremarkable village of Mauves, between Tournon and Cornas. This is within the Saint Joseph appellation boundaries, and Chave now makes a tiny amount of Saint Joseph from local grapes, mainly for family and friends.


Almost all the Chave vineyards are in Hermitage, dotted all over the hill, with plots in 9 of the 18 climats. White grapes are grown in Les Rocoules, L'Hermite, Peléat and Maison Blanches. The backbone of the red blend comes from a significant 2 hectare holding in Les Bessards, supplemented by 6 other climats.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Shiraz
Country France
Region Northern Rhone Valley
Feature High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 97
Alcohol 15%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2019
Closure Cork

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