JKT

9.2

Medium garnet color with enticing nose of earthy red fruits, hints of menthol and lively, fresh and stimulating texture, great balance and good acidic bite and long finish. Excellent. 12.5 ABV. No idea it’s “all natural “ wine. Mylene Bru production. All old vine Carignan, 2700 bottles. JL 20. — 5 years ago

JKT

9.0

CVed 11/9/17 after JL tasting. Drinking nicely with more hints of forest floor and still very lively. Just a half step below the Brunello. Opened 9/29/18 AI work dinner. Drinking nicely still. — 9 years ago

JKT

9.1

JL Oregon tasting 9/12/17. $55. Made the same as cousins but with better grapes from same top vineyards. Similar nose with less funk and more bright red fruits. Balanced but a bit sweeter on palate with long and complex finish. Interesting texture that's stimulating. Nice. But much higher bucks. — 9 years ago

JKT

8.9

JL Sicily tasting 2/21/17. OK value at $21. Nose of dark red fruits and plums and hints of hay and funk. Medium body that's earthy and dirt and long finish that's complex. — 9 years ago

JKT

8.9

JL Southern Rhone tasting 11/15/16. Blanc. Nose that's more subtle and reserved with hints of melon and minerals. Palate very balanced and complex with medium finish that's supple with sense of rocks and minerals. Needs age me thinks. $34. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Classic Bordeaux nose 60 Cab 40 Merlot. Plush and floral with black fruits. Medium body with good structure. Complex long finish. Impressed with liveliness at this price. 13% ABV. JL tasting 8/16/16 Biodynamic. Great value at $9. Bought two to test aging potential. Could be interesting in blind tastings. — 10 years ago

Brent Clayton

9.0

Clean, crisp, elegant. — 6 years ago

JKT

9.3

JL Bertani Amarone tasting 12/7/17. More brown color in Ruby. Interesting nose with oxidative notes with leather and some aromatics. Secondary and tertiary notes and long finish. Yum. A lovely still with fruit old wine! Great condition. $374. — 8 years ago

JKT

8.9

CVed 11/8/17 JL HAUBS-Barzen Erben comp. Different label than '98 ave nose is fine with petrol ave white flowers and earth. Color medium golden. Medium body and palate that showed acidic balance and medium finish. This best of the bunch I think. — 9 years ago

JKT

8.9

JL Riesling tasting 4/11/17. $17. Very floral and tropical notes on nose and rich body and long electric finish. Great wine and good value. — 9 years ago

JKT

9.0

JL Southern Rhone tasting 11/15/16. 13%ABV. Very balanced nose of dark red fruits and acids. Body firm with complexity and earthy and minerals. Long finish that's complex. Good value $21.25. Will age. — 10 years ago

Krysta Oben

9.0

Goes great with election tears — 10 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Always a treat! — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

JL tasting Portugal Brira interior 2/20/18. $19. 25% each Cab Syrah petit verdot TN. Intestinal style but nose is balanced. Done heat. 14.5 ABV. Package is soft and balanced with sense of fruit sweetness and good length. Polished and silky. Good value. — 8 years ago

Jay Farr

9.2

Minerality and great depth — 8 years ago

JKT

9.2

CVed 9/12/17. After JL tasting of Oregon Pinot. Yummy Burg ready to drink. Opened up after half hour. Great nose and balance and lively finish. Earth and forest and fall leaves. Think my scoring is moving up. Wow opened 12/10/19 and it’s fresh and delicious as ever. That’s over two years. Terrific wine. Still have legs. Must be at that magical aged with fruits mixed with tertiary notes. Yum. — 9 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.6

This is the 2011 but I also had the 2012. What JL Chave is doing in Hermitage is close to perfection for me. — 9 years ago

JKT

8.9

JL Southern Rhone tasting 11/15/16. Ruby color with floral nose and hints of earthiness and fall leaves. Palate of firm body and acids and flowers and long finish that's earthy and rustic. Good value at $15.29. Rustic notes renown in empty glass. — 10 years ago

Rashed Chowdhury

9.0

One of the wines I had in 2008 that made me fall in love with wine was a Côte du Rhone by JL Chave "Mon Coeur". It's been a long time since I had a Rhone wine, I got this from Kermit Lynch shop in Berkeley, Cali. Nice notes of pepper and spice, gamy, good tannins from Syrah. Another good find from Kermit... Try this with steak that has fat, you will love this wine! — 10 years ago

JKT

9.1

Pretty flowery nose. Very elegant yet with that funk. Long complex finish. Private JL tasting 7/14/16. $64. — 10 years ago