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2015 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage (3L) (Library Release)

2015 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage (3L) (Library Release)

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100JD
99RP
98WS
97VN
$2,100.00

Special Order: Estimated to be available for delivery or pickup by 11/10/2026.

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100

Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed December 2018
As good as Hermitage can get, the 2015 Hermitage from Jean-Louis Chave reminds me of a hypothetical mix of the 2010 and 1990 with its incredible purity, finesse, and elegant paired with awesome depth and structure. This heavenly wine exhibits a deep purple color as well as a powerful bouquet of crème de cassis, blackberries, dried violets, graphite, and crushed rocks, with a liquid mineral component that’s just about impossible to find outside of the Bessards lieu-dit in Hermitage. Full-bodied and massively concentrated on the palate, yet with laser-like precision and clarity, it needs a solid decade of cellaring and will keep for 40+ years or more. It’s not as sexy or overt as the Cuvee Cathelin, but is every bit as good.

Professional Reviews

99

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 12/2019
I had the opportunity to retaste the wonderful 2015 Hermitage and have taken this opportunity to up my rating of it a couple of points, more in line with how I thought it would turn out from barrel than when I first tasted it from bottle last year. Yes, it's closed up pretty tight, but the potential is clearly enormous, with pungent, peppery aromas accenting espresso, black olive and blackberries. Full-bodied, dense and supremely concentrated, with a tremendously long finish, this is a vintage to put away and forget for at least 5-6 years, maybe a decade. (JC)

98

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 11/2018
This delivers a broad swath of gently mulled blackberry, plum and boysenberry fruit flavors, inlaid deeply and seamlessly with anise, roasted apple wood, graphite and black tea notes. A mouthwatering mineral edge harnesses everything, adding refinement and cut. The extremely long finish has a wonderful sense of fine detail. (JM)

97

Vinous

Review Date: 04/2018
Youthful purple color. Mineral-accented dark berries, star anise, cola, olive and pungent flowers on the explosively perfumed nose. Offers impressively concentrated, expansive flavors of black raspberry, spicecake, smoked meat and candied flowers that are complicated by licorice candy and dark chocolate notes that sneak in on the back half. Sweet, sappy and precise on the floral- and dark fruit-driven finish, which shows outstanding clarity and round, harmonious tannins that build smoothly and steadily. (JR)

Notes

John Livingstone-Learmonth in Cradle of the Rhône: "sturdy red robe. Indian ink, bull’s blood, lead pencil, lardon pork influences go whack! above a really deep, lightly fragrant, soaked red fruits, mighty bouquet that carries bags of potential and a multitude of prompts. The palate is classy, right away, sensuous, holds a great filling of smoky dark berries. It rolls well into a mineral and powdered tannin zone at the end. This has tremendous heart, is a glorious Hermitage, one of the best of my life, up there with 1978, for example. The juice is well thick, but never static, the length great." (03/2018)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalShiraz/Syrah
OriginHermitage/Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France
Bottle Size3 L
Alcohol Content14.5%
SKU1979614
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