L'Hermitage, Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Rhone, FR, 2023

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 2023 — Professional Ratings

• Robert Parker Wine Advocate — 99 points: Elegant and expressive, with sweet dark berries, incense, violet, dark cherry and tapenade. Full-bodied and satiny, with remarkably refined tannins, lively acidity and a long, perfumed finish.
• Jeb Dunnuck — 96–98 points: Extremely pure and elegant, with contributions from Chave’s major Hermitage parcels. Péléat brings finesse, Beaume spice, L’Ermite minerality and rose petal, while Bessards supplies graphite and structure.
• Decanter — 97 points: An unusually supple and approachable Chave, with ripe Méal fruit, elegance and relatively low tannin for the appellation. Decanter expects it to drink earlier than the 2022, while still offering substantial aging potential.
• Vinous — 94–96 points: Highly floral and perfumed, showing rose petal, violet, sour cherry, red plum, cedar and orange blossom. The review highlights exceptional purity in the Bessards and L’Ermite components.

Overall: 94–99 points, with an exceptional 99 from Wine Advocate. The 2023 is characterized by elegance, floral perfume, red and dark fruit, minerality and refined tannins, rather than the massive concentration of some more structured Chave vintages.