Chave - Hermitage - Rouge - 1998
₩1,552,000
Fresh and expressive with layers of ripe cherry, forest floor, and savory nuance, carried by silky texture and balanced structure leading to a smooth and persistent finish.
Quantity
Limited
Peak
Sommelier's Note
Jean-Louis Chave's Hermitage Rouge 1998 is now entering its mature glory — black olive, smoked meat, and crushed violet woven through a structured framework of granite and Syrah's signature pepper. Chave's signature assemblage from across the Hermitage hill's lieux-dits — Bessards, Le Méal, Les Roucoules — gives this bottling a complexity no single-vineyard Hermitage can match. Full-bodied yet aerial, with a long mineral finish that defines what Northern Rhône Syrah can be at its most refined.
Colour
Red
Maturity
2004-2028
Sweetness
Dry
Grape
Syrah
Vintage
1998
Alcohol
13.5%
Body
Medium
Producer
Chave
Tasting Notes
Black Olive, Crushed Violet, Cracked Pepper, Smoked Meat, Black Cherry, Granite, Bay Leaf, Leather, Cocoa, Dried Herbs
1998 was a warm, dry vintage in the Northern Rhône, producing structured Syrahs with classic ripeness and the firm tannins that benefit from extended cellar time — wines that are only now beginning to show their full complexity.
Climate
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave has been in the family since 1481 — sixteen generations of stewardship over Hermitage's finest parcels. Jean-Louis Chave continues the assemblage tradition, blending across multiple lieux-dits to express the hill itself rather than any single parcel.
