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2001 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
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94(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2005

Good bright medium ruby. Subtly complex, granitic nose melds cassis, blueberry, smoky gunflint, pepper, tar, bitter chocolate, roast coffee, leather, game and animal fur. Wonderfully juicy but currently rather folded in on itself. But this has brilliant acidity, precision and penetration on the palate. Almost painfully intense and wonderfully long and gripping on the back. Very firm and structured but not at all dry. This will need a good decade of additional cellaring.

95 Points | Wine Spectator

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Classic Syrah
01/31/2005
by Jordan
Jean Louis Chave has really shown what Hermitage and Syrah are all about here. The intense dark purple appearance starts the wine off. The super clean nose has huge intensity with black currants, sweet clove, vanilla and the classic charcouterie and garrigue. The palate is balanced with silky tannin and a rich mouthfeel with good acidity. The palate replays the deli meats and vanilla from the nose with some added red berry fruit and a long finish. Should cellar well for 8-15 years for a little added complexity but is delightful now as well.
Style is what's brilliant here
12/22/2006
by Nitze11237519
This was my first Chave hermitage, and I should state that I don't think the wine will peak for 6-8 years. What's amazing about the wine is what ST often calls "inner mouth energy" -- it's the sense of intensity/energy without viscosity/concentration. This is one of those wines that, while true to place, strikes me more as a palette for the winemaker than a terroir wine, perhaps because Chave is blending from a number of sites. At the moment, the wine is showing a bright red-fruit character, sappiness, minerality, only a hint of the pepper/smoke/gunflint character that will come later. But remarkably drinkable with a 2 hr decant, so don't be afraid. This is a really juicy wine that is all about the Chave style -- the man is brilliant.

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