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Jean-Louis Chave

Jean-Louis Chave is a 37.5-acre estate in Hermitage, in the Rhone Valley, and it is universally admired as one of the world’s great wine estates. Robert M. Parker Jr., a self-proclaimed fan, has called Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave, the son and father who run the estate, some “of this planet’s greatest winemakers.” Winemakers for six centuries, the Chave family produces red and white Hermitages, and a special Hermitage Cuvee Cathelin. The only grapes grown are Syrah for the reds and Roussanne and Marsanne for the white Hermitage. There are about 30,000 bottles of red Hermitage produced annually, 15,000 bottles of white, and 2,500 bottles of Cuvee Cathelin, which is only produced in vintages when the Chaves believe the harvest is good enough to be turned into the luxury cuvee.

2019 Jean-Louis Chave Crozes-Hermitage Silene

WS  93   
VN  93   

1995 Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  98   
RP  97   
ST  95+    

2003 Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin

Light capsule condition issue

RP  100   
WS  99   
VN  99+    
3 available
Bid *

1982 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; 4 cm ullage; heavy label condition issue

RP  94   
JR  17   

1989 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90   
3 available
Bid *

1989 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Capsule condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1989 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1989 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1989 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90   

1990 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  96+    
JR  17.5   

1990 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  96+    
JR  17.5   

1990 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  96+    
JR  17.5   

1998 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  95+    
WS  94   
ST  94+    
JR  17   

2002 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  91-94   
ST  90-91   

2013 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

VN  96-97   
WS  95   
WA  94-97   

2019 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

1.5ltr

WA  97-100   
JD  97-99   
VN  96-98   
JR  18.5+    

2013 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

WA  97   
WS  97   
VN  96   

2014 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

WS  98   
WA  95   
VN  95   

2019 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc

JD  98+    
VN  96-98   
WA  95+    
JR  18.5+    
3 available
Bid *

2017 Jean-Louis Chave Saint Joseph Offerus

Light label condition issue

VN  93   
JR  17   

2018 Jean-Louis Chave Selection Mon Coeur Cotes du Rhone

Light label condition issue

VN  91   
JD  90