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Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2016

Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

2016
98
PARKER
18+
JANCIS ROBINSON
94
WINE SPECTATOR
98
DECANTER
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/ 0.75 L btl

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Spec sheet

TypeWhite wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

The wine

The Hermitage Blanc is a splendid concentrated and unctuous white wine which has avoided the tendency towards light wines so common nowadays. Incredibly deep and pure, it is a wine with the concentration and volume we have come to expect from the great Hermitage wines. Aromas of gooseberries, citric fruit with butter, and toast seduce the drinker.

Ratings and awards

202096-98 PK18+ JR98 DC
201995+ PK18.5+ JR96 DC
2018100 PK17++ JR96-97 SK97 DC
201798+ PK17.5 JR94 WS97 DC
201698 PK18+ JR94 WS98 DC
201595-97 PK94 WS
PK: ParkerJR: Jancis robinsonSK: SucklingWS: Wine spectatorDC: Decanter

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker, Jancis Robinson, and Suckling

Chave's 2018 Hermitage Blanc, now that it's been blended and bottled for over a year, smashed my already lofty expectations. Showing a wonderfully delicate and intricate nose of white flowers, toasted grain and white peach, it's also impeccably balanced. Full-bodied, rich and concentrated, it nevertheless comes across as almost weightless but with amazing presence and length on the palate. If you're fortunate enough to latch onto multiple bottles, open one now to experience this legend as a young wine, then try to hide the others deep in the cellar.

— Joe Czerwinski (20/01/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2018 - 100 PARKER

Buttery, fleshy, rich and honeyed. Expressive and substantial. Long, layered and warm in alcohol. Absolutely superb balance and so lengthy.

— Richard Hemming (07/11/2018)JancisRobinson.com Vintage 2016 - 18+ JANCIS ROBINSON

The thickness of the skins on Chave’s old vine parcels is what gives this wine its unrestricted depth and intensity, as well as it s ability to age for a very long time. Aromas run from very pretty and floral, through peaches and lemons and into crushed and grilled nuts. The palate is such a textural essay with an attractively youthful and pithy shunt of tannin that underwrites a considerably long finish and long cellaring potential. Age and try from 2030.

— James Suckling (11/10/2019)JamesSuckling.com Vintage 2018 - 96-97 SUCKLING

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