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2005 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc (1.5L) (Library Release)

2005 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc (1.5L) (Library Release)

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98

Wine Spectator

Reviewed July 2008
Dense and packed, but amazingly bright at the same time, this offers dried papaya and pineapple fruit backed by a paraffin note, with fresh floral, white peach and heather honey notes. Then the long, super stony finish takes over, and sails on nearly endlessly. This has power, precision and refinement all together. (JM)

Professional Reviews

97

Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 12/2022
Now showing a kiss of maturity, the 2005 Hermitage Blanc is still a healthy medium gold hue and offers a gorgeous nose of green almonds, honeyed stone, brioche, and marzipan, with a wonderful core of rich, opulent fruit. Concentrated, full-bodied, and textured, this beauty is ready to go yet should hold nicely for another 10-15 years.

97

Int'l Wine Cellar

Review Date: 01/2008
Pale gold. Fabulously complex nose evokes honeyed pear, apricot, shiso leaf and botanical herbs. Creamy orchard fruit flavors are firmed by juicy minerality, becoming brighter and more bitter with air. This has the texture of a serious red wine, offering dense, chewy pear, yellow plum and peach skin flavors and picking up licorice and toasted nuts on the long, sappy finish, which ends with a whiplash of smoky minerals. Does this ever let up? An incredible young wine. (ST)

96

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 02/2008
The 2005 Hermitage blanc is an amazing effort that defines the classic style of white Hermitage. It offers hints of marzipan, roasted hazelnuts, quince, licorice, honeysuckle, citrus oil, and wet stones. It is a superbly concentrated and powerful wine. (RP)

Notes

95 points Neal Martin's Wine Journal: "Tasted from Yapp’s reserves at a private vertical. What a wonderful Hermitage Blanc this is! A lucid silver/gold hue. The nose has a spellbinding lift and fragrance, quite honeyed with touches of vanilla pod, dried apricot, lanolin and almond. Very alluring. The palate is quite spicy upon the entry, just showing a little volatility, lovely honeyed texture though with notes of roasted walnut, white fennel and an engaging sense of mineralite toward the finish. Very good length. Excellent! Tasted March 2009."

Details

TypeWhite Wine
VarietalMarsanne
OriginHermitage/Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France
Bottle Size1.5 L (Magnum)
Alcohol Content14.5%
SKU2077986
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