A A A

Log in or create an account now and be a part of the world's largest wine site: research, rate and review wines; buy online; receive personalized recommendations.

Chave J L Hermitage(1996)

Is this your wine?

Start a Discussion

Winery:
Varietal:: Syrah
Region:: France > Rhône > Hermitage
Type:: Red Wine
User Tags:: red, style, rich, aromatic, supple, floral, berry, smokey, ruby, hermitage

US $249.00

Have winemaker's notes?

Chave J L Hermitage 1998

SnoothRank: 4.5

US $270^.00

Delas Hermitage Les Bessards 1996

SnoothRank: 4

US $259^.65

Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 1996

SnoothRank: 4.5

US $413^.01

Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon 2000

SnoothRank: 4.5

US $227^.84

Stephen Tanzer: International Wine Cellar; Issue 85, July/August 1999; 92(+?)

August 2007

Saturated, deep ruby-red. Aromatic, pure aromas of cassis, mocha, iris and Cuban tobacco. Supple and fruity, with the Burgundian floral aspect shown by so many Northern Rhone wines from this vintage. Very fresh and juicy; pure and sharply delineated. Not at all a southern style of syrah. A wine with excellent thrust but not a particularly powerful style of Hermitage. Very long, violety aftertaste. This should be slower to close down than the '95.

Was this helpful? Yes/No