Wine Doctrine
2019

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Saint-Joseph

Tasted 13 June 2024 Northern Rhône · Saint-Joseph

Poised and balanced for such a young wine, the Chave St. Joseph offers black raspberry, soil, and brush elements that are indeed primary and linear, but steer clear of overly juvenile angularity. Finishes with a quick…

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

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Butterscotch, apricot, honey, and orange blossom. A compelling wine, and though on the downswing of its evolution, it carries the perfect balance of savory, ripeness, and dry elements that all make…

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

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A beautiful expression, with meaty jerky and salami flavors intermingling wonderfully with black-red fruit. Leather, garrigue, mushroom, muddled strawberry, black cherry, red and black currant, and…

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

Northern Rhône · Hermitage

Notes of apricot, lemon, white peach, honey, limestone, and olive oil touch off an oily but properly dry delivery of controlled (and fairly restrained) flavors that roll along the palate in a…

Reviewed 17 November 2023
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