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2003 Hermitage, Jean-Louis Chave (750ml)
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Vintage: 2003
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Hermitage
Vineyard:
Designation:
Appellation: Hermitage
Producer: Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
Varietal: Syrah
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Rhone
Sub-Region: Northern Rhone
Tasting note: The exotic fig and boysenberry aromas are captivating on their own, but
this also delivers waves of dark plum and black currant fruit along with
lilac, lavender, tar, roasted game, worn saddle leather and bittersweet
cocoa. Then just when it seems like it's too much wine, the massive,
loamy yet creamy finish pulls it all together with remarkable focus and
lets the minerality sing. The greatest young red I have ever tasted. (99pts. JM, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Nov. 15, 2006
Score: 99
Drink: Through 2036
Tasting note: The perfect 2003 Hermitage has acquired extraordinary minerality as well
as definition since I first tasted it 12 months earlier. Its
inky/purple color is accompanied by glorious aromas of creme de cassis,
black cherries, licorice, crushed rocks, and flowers. Prodigiously rich
and full-bodied yet elegant and fresh, this is a tour de force in
winemaking. There are no overripe, scorched, pruny, fig-like notes in
this extraordinary Hermitage. (100pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Feb. 2006
Score: 100
Drink: 2006-46
Tasting note: "Now we take the monster out of his
cage," Jean-Louis warned me before pouring this. Inky, almost black in
color. Elemental, hugely concentrated and powerful on the nose, which
slowly unveils aromas of dark cherry liqueur, blackberry, cassis,
espresso and a deep note of sweet tobacco. Impossibly rich and dense on
the palate (the yields in 2003 were off by two-thirds), showing myriad
dark fruit and bitter chocolate flavors, with a suggestion of tapenade
and an intense licorice quality. Remarkably, this takes on a mineral
tone on the finish, which has the effect of further drawing out the
amazingly powerful finish. (98pts. JR, Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar)
Tasted: Jan./Feb. 2006
Score: 98
Drink: N/A
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