JL Chave Selection, Hermitage, Blanche
JL Chave Selection · Rhone › Hermitage › France
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
91
/100
Reviews
13
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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94
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Taster #6574
· Jan 12, 2026
90/100
Very rich, low in acidity, cream, peach, touch of bitter, round, really a product of its vintage.
2019 vintage
Taster #0935
· Nov 1, 2025
90/100
Wagyu Dinner (La Maison J2) : Double decanted about three hours before service, and a much better showing than a bottle a couple of weeks ago. Floral, melon and waxed fruit aromas. Flavors of almond skin, melon and orchard fruit. Balanced and pretty. The weight sort of worked with the wagyu but the flavors clashed a bit. (J2)
2019 vintage
Taster #0935
· Oct 17, 2025
86/100
3rd Friday Group Tasting (J&J's) : Double blind. Deeper color than the first, coming off a touch tropical. Banana, white pepper and melon notes. Full-bodied, almost heavy on the palate, with a bitter quality that I find distracting, bordering on unpleasant. Others liked this more than me. 86-87 pts. (J2)
2019 vintage
Taster #6194
· Oct 17, 2025
92/100
Popped and poured, which wasn't good for this wine. The wine definitely needs air, based on my notes from day 2. Going forward, I'll double decant the wine an hour or two before service. Initially, somewhat heavy with the alcohol showing a lot. The acid was very forward, with some fruit struggling to appear. It did pair very well with the shrimp cocktail. Day 2: What a difference a day makes. The acid is still there but the alcohol has …
2019 vintage
Taster #9123
· Feb 22, 2025
Open and sampled over a week. My first Blanche. Best with heavier seafood dishes. Lobster, scallops, bisque etc.. 93
2019 vintage
Taster #0110
· Feb 3, 2025
94/100
I served this in my wine course. Beautiful nose that is both tropical and nutty. Medium weight with plenty of depth. Ends with a long savory finish that includes some floral and plenty of bitter lift.
2019 vintage
Taster #7688
· Jan 29, 2025
89/100
Mat vin - god men spesiell
2019 vintage
Taster #3874
· Dec 30, 2024
87/100
Nez fumée,mineral et fruit blanc. On reptrouve les même marqueurs en bouche. Boisée un peu jeune. Pas mal de rondeur et de finesse.
2019 vintage
Taster #5897
· Sep 11, 2024
91/100
Passion fruit, lychee, floral: peony, tulip. Full bodied, rich. Some smoke. Excellent.
2019 vintage
Taster #1301
· Aug 29, 2024
89/100
Golden hay color. Nose is creamy honey, lychee, papaya, tropical fruits. The wine has lots of body on the palate, with tropical fruits, hints of vanilla, some citrus. A bit too alcoholic on the palate to make this a rebuy for me. There are better Rhone whites out there, even at this price point. Use of a synthetic cork is also disappointing.
2019 vintage
Taster #4804
· May 11, 2024
93/100
This wine opens up dramatically after aeration in bottle for 1 hour. Nose shows green papaya, green mango, muskmelon, white flowers, tea leaf, and hints of green apple. Oily texture with medium to low acidity. Aftertaste is medium long, with more oak than fruit.
2019 vintage
Taster #7078
· Mar 29, 2024
94/100
Chave Hermitage white. The only white on the table in a sea of Napa red. And honestly this wine is quite deserving of the only white on the table! Glycerine, yellow peach and pear abounded. Honestly could have benefited from a decant, and disappeared at a faster rate than all of the reds! This wine is extremely young, and really has a huge amount of life left in it. This improved with about 30 minutes of air but I do …
2019 vintage
Taster #1638
· Oct 15, 2023
93/100
At 15% (!), this is a hedonistic treat that admittedly needs to shed some of its baby fat. Notes of ripe Bartlett pear, Honeydew melon, cut flowers, and lemon curd coalesce, with hints of bitters weaving in. Oily, with a generous dollop of oak emerging late and lingering on the medium-long finish.
2019 vintage
Taster #9830
· Jul 26, 2023
89/100
Rather heavy and dull without much aromatic excitement to compensate.
2019 vintage