Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2022

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2022 - Flask Fine Wine & Whisky

Professional Ratings

97

Wine Spectator

“Crushed apple, yellow plum and warm baking spices make a seductive introduction, followed by a plush, full and ripe palate. Ripe, with streaks of saline and zesty acidity that nicely offset the lushness. Bitter chamomile and zesty, chalky mineral details give a jolt of structure and contrast to the long, streaming finish, flecked with warm hay, smoke and fresh flowers. Incredibly dense, complex and powerful, this is just beginning to unfurl. Marsanne and Roussanne. Drink now through 2038.”

Highlights

2021 Hermitage Blanc, recently bottled; fermented in small casks and steel and aged in 228L Burgundy-sized barrels with only a small portion new; 95 points Jeb Dunnuck. Aromas and palate show white currants, crushed citrus, flowers, green almond and a kiss of reductive-like minerality; medium to full-bodied, concentrated and beautifully balanced with a terrific salinity on the finish and 20–25 years aging potential.

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2022

Chave is the greatest producer in Hermitage. His family has been making wine there since the 1400s. The current proprietor is Jean-Louis, and the Domaine’s full name is Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, but this is in honor of his grandfather, who bore the same name.

Chave is a true believer in blending, and his red wine is produced from numerous vineyards, though the backbone comes from Bessards. He is not a full-blown traditionalist, preferring to de-stem most of his fruit, fermenting mostly in smaller casks and steel, rather than the traditional open wood casks, and aging his wines in small, Burgundy-sized barrels of 228L (though only a small portion of those barrels are new).

Chave's Hermitage combine purity with grandeur. They speak clearly and with intensity. Grand vintages age effortlessly; weaker vintages always surprise — even 1996s and 2002s, bad vintages both, are shockingly good wines, though for drinking at a younger age to be sure.

Crititcal Acclaim

95 Jeb Dunnuck

Recently bottled, the 2021 Hermitage Blanc is a brilliant wine that shows a fresher, more mineral-driven style while still clearly being in the classic Jean-Louis concentrated, textured style. White currants, crushed citrus, flowers, green almond, and a kiss of reductive-like minerality all define the aromatics, and if you called this a great Grand Cru White Burgundy in a blind tasting, I wouldn't hold it against you. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and beautifully balanced, with a terrific salinity on the finish, it's going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age and I suspect evolve for 20-25 years.

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc 2022

97 Wine Spectator
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Varietal
Marsanne, Roussanne
Food Pairings
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