2012 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave,Hermitage, Rouge, Bottle (750ml)
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98DR96JD
Critic key
JD = Jeb DunnuckDR = Decanter
- Rating
- DR98/JD96
- Producer
- Chave Hermitage
- Vintage
- 2012
- Region
- Rhone
- Appellation
- Hermitage
- Country
- France
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
DR98 This is still quite closed on the nose, I would certainly hold this until at least 2025 before trying again. There's a new-leather note to the blackberry fruit. It's full-bodied, exceptionally smooth on your tongue. Great concentration but also great freshness. Acidity is perfectly balanced, this is a Hermitage of great liveliness, pep and freshness. Very long finish. The alcohol isn't low, but it's balanced. Long finish. An exceptional wine in the making.
JD96 Jean-Louis has never been the biggest fan of the 2012 vintage (I like it more than he does), yet his 2012 Hermitage is nevertheless a brilliant wine. Deep, concentrated, full-bodied, and powerful, it has a charming, supple style backed up with plenty of underlying minerality, acidity, and structure. Classic notes of crème de cassis, graphite, burning embers, and violets all define the bouquet, and while it’s beautiful today given its purity and balance, it will keep for another 25 years or more.
JD96 Jean-Louis has never been the biggest fan of the 2012 vintage (I like it more than he does), yet his 2012 Hermitage is nevertheless a brilliant wine. Deep, concentrated, full-bodied, and powerful, it has a charming, supple style backed up with plenty of underlying minerality, acidity, and structure. Classic notes of crème de cassis, graphite, burning embers, and violets all define the bouquet, and while it’s beautiful today given its purity and balance, it will keep for another 25 years or more.