JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Blanc 1996
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Blanc 1996
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Blanc 1996
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Blanc 1996
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1996

JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Blanc 1996

Wine 1996 Rhône Hermitage Blanc
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92 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate June - 2010
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The Hermitage Blanc ’96 from JL Chave has a captivating bouquet with scents of cooking apple, almond flakes, frangipane and linden that leap like a playful kitten from the glass. The palate displays a faint tang of fresh lemongrass on the entry with a pleasing viscous texture. It gains volume in the mouth with honeydew melon, green lemon, pear and lanolin towards the finish.
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92 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2001
Tom Cannavan
More compact, muscular, richly powerful nose. There’s a core of lightly toasty oak, with aromas of brazil nut, apricot and peach. Full-bodied, the palate has a nutty quality again with juicy, tight, apricot and peach skin fruit that has a bittersweet quality. Lovely balance an length again. This is very youthful and powerful and need considerable time. Very good indeed/excellent.
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91 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider July - 2003
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
A deep gold color. Thick texture with a ripe, almost honeyed taste. Good length and palate filling.
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Vintage Wine  1996
Region Rhône
Appellation Hermitage Blanc
Colour White
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

The Jean Louis Chave estate is the jewel of a centuries-old family. Jean Louis Chave is the sixth generation of winemakers in this domain. The estate is renowned for its high-quality Hermitage wines. Located in the North of the Rhône region, the estate includes a 10-hectare vineyard for the production of its red wines; including a plot of very old vines Les Roucoules, another 80-year-old Les Bessards, relatively young vines at L'Ermite, extremely old at Péléat and Beaumes, and 50-year-old vines at Méal.

Each of these vineyards produces a wine with slightly different palettes of aromas, textures, and flavors, but the "sum of the parts" is much more interesting than each cuvée taken individually. The red Hermitage from the Chave estate becomes dazzling after several years of aging. Full-bodied and concentrated, beautifully complex and refined, it develops a vast range of aromas from blackcurrant to smoky notes, including prune and spice flavors.

The white wine from the Chave estate develops creamy and honeyed aromas of hazelnut, peach, and apricot, with a rare unctuousness, and has a aging potential of several decades. These Hermitages stand out, with their freshness, balance, finesse, and length, clearly above all others.

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