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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage Rouge, 2018 [NET]

by Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
$399.00
NET

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Jean-Louis Chave’s Hermitage Rouge is the gold standard for Northern Rhône Syrah—sourced from the family’s historic holdings across Hermitage’s most iconic lieux-dits: Les Bessards, Meal, L’Hermite, Péléat, and more. The 2018 vintage delivers richness and muscle, but with Chave’s signature finesse and layering.

It’s a symphony of dark fruit, smoked meat, violet, olive tapenade, crushed rock, and spice—each element in perfect tension. The tannins are firm but elegant, the structure massive yet graceful, and the finish? It’s practically endless. This is a wine that speaks softly and carries a big stick.

Whether you’re cellaring it for 20+ years or decanting it for a deeply meditative dinner, the 2018 is pure Chave—grand, grounded, and absolutely unforgettable.

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Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 97
"Opaque ruby. Powerful, smoke- and spice-accented black and blue fruit, exotic spice, olive, cured tobacco, cured bacon and violet aromas show superb clarity and a bright mineral top note. Deeply concentrated and broad on the palate, offering sappy, alluringly sweet cherry, blackcurrant, fruitcake, salty olive and violet pastille flavors plus hints of licorice and allspice. The wonderfully long, penetrating finish features resonating mineral, spice and floral notes and chewy tannins that build steadily."

Robert Parker

RP 99
"Chave's 2018 Hermitage is another in a long list of legends to emerge from this meticulously run estate. Showing remarkably complex aromas of pressed violets, ground cloves and cracked peppercorns against a backdrop of cassis, blueberries and licorice, it's a super effort. Full-bodied, concentrated, rich and velvety in feel, it's seamless and long—just the complete package in a wine that's surprisingly approachable, yet should prove capable of aging effortlessly for two decades or more."

Decanter

D 96
"A tasting of five lieux-dits points to a ripe, rich, dark-fruited vintage with high but not unbalanced alcohol. This is opulent with liqueur fruits and deep concentration. It's very ripe, but shows no raisined or jammy character, and has remarkably freshness considering its opulence. 2018 is all about ripeness, says Jean-Louis Chave. Picking the fruit promptly was important; ‘We had to pick on a Sunday - and we've never picked on a Sunday before.’ He reduced the maceration time this year and avoided punching down completely to avoid over-extraction." -Matt Walls

Wine Spectator

WS 97
"Gorgeously pure, with flavors of plum coulis, cassis, cherry puree and blackberry preserves that are finely detailed and interwoven with singed anise, sweet tobacco and warm earth accents, then gilded with a subtle alder note through the finish. Long, very fine-grained and extremely precise."

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Syrah

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Elegant , Rich

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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