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

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

JKT

8.9

Interesting minty floral nose. Hints of green flowers. Acidic balance. Medium finish. tea notes. Light and bright. Be great with seafood. JL tasting 7/12/16 Organic. Good value at $13.50. Sicilian. 100% Norello Mascalese. Usually not in this area. right outside of Palermo — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

High tone nose and palate and very characteristic. Long finish. Good but no better than my stock and its $125 or so. Toni JL private tasting. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.1

Floral oily lemon nose. Of meadows. Minerals and acids with unctuous body. Long finish with hints of honeycomb. Schmidt soil. Yummy. JL tasting. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Floral nose. Minerals and acid and stones on palate. High energy nervy wine. Grown on slate. Hints of grounded oyster shell. Prefect match. JL tasting. Great buy at $12.50. — 10 years ago

Naboth van den Broek

9.3

Very good Brut BdeB. Green apple, lemon, flowers, fine but strong bubbles and solid enough to go with food. Escalope de fois de canard, legumes d'ete au satay, Lieu jaune, chorizo iberique con case ecume de lait, a la nepita. — 11 years ago

Leslie Jenkins

9.1

Opened well after 2hrs- gorgeous dark fruit nose, lush front, emerging mid-palate & developing character on finish. Thank you JL! — 11 years ago

Michael Foggia

9.7

Jl Chave, earth, mushroom, classic Chave — 12 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

Chris MacLean

9.2

Always a treat! — 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

JKT

8.9

JL tasting 7/12/16 Organic. Fresh floral nose with minerals and stones. Fresh acids on palate with good medium finish. Salinity galore. Great value at $13.50. From Piedmont. Favorita grape. Like vermantino or the same. — 10 years ago

JKT

8.9

Floral nose of black fruit. Earthy and savory on palate. Peppery. Good medium finish that's savory. Good structure. JL tasting. $12.50 cheap! — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Different nose from le Chene. Floral. More rounded on palate nicely balanced. Long complex finish. Good value. JL tasting. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Nose of flowers mixed with stones. Savory but balanced on palate. Not as much sense of delicate flowers as red burg. Acidity and backbone naked fit good food wind again. JL tasting. — 10 years ago

Jennifer Roach

9.1

JL tasting — 11 years ago

Jon Leopold

9.2

Craig Perman sold me the good stuff! — 12 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

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

8.9

Medium nose with earthy hay hints. Acidic balance with good structure. Long finish of flowers and leaves. JL tasting 7/12/16 Organic. Good value at $15.30. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Still young! Nose of minerals and earth. Tannic. Long finish. Has potential. Need to wait. Toni JL private tasting. — 10 years ago

JKT

9.1

Floral perfumy nose great balance on palate long finish and complex. Great value for $33! JL tasting 5/25/16 — 10 years ago

JKT

9.0

Nose of spring with moderate grassy notes. Searing acidity and lip smacking long finish. A food wine if ever there's one. Grown on oacjed limestone and old vibes. JL tasting. — 10 years ago

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.3

Lean and citric. Showing some autolysis and developed nutty notes but still tight and laser focused. Really impressive Champers. — 11 years ago

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Ryan Wofford

9.0

One of the great value #wines from the legendary JL Chave — 11 years ago

Mark Taylor

9.8

The one that started an obsession for me — 12 years ago