JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Rouge 1987
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1987

JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE Rouge 1987

Wine 1987 Rhône Hermitage Rouge
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Cellar Tracker May - 2024
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87 | 86 pair. This pair was overshadowed by the other vintages tonight but there's still plenty to like in a classic, mature, majestic Chave. All the trademark notes with perhaps a dryness to the fruit and relative lightness to the concentration. This will hold on, but it's best days are past
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Vintage Wine  1987
Region Rhône
Appellation Hermitage Rouge
Colour Red
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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