![Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage 1998](http://florwines.com/cdn/shop/files/creative-cloud-express_19__compressed_3686ba7d-52f6-4c84-9f78-ee5d47d48d82_{width}x.jpg?v=1697744222)
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The Chave family have been making wine in the Northern Rhone Valley since 1481. First in Saint Joseph, and then adding parcels of Hermitage - the appellation with which they are nearly synonymous. Jean-Louis Chave steers the domain, having taken over from his father the Gerard (one of just a few Chave men not named Jean-Louis in a very long line). Jean-Louis is fanatical about the farming in the vineyards, the preservation of the reputation of Hermitage and Saint Joseph, and the telling of their histories. Jean-Louis knows each parcel of the vineyards intimately and uses the grapes from each like instruments in an orchestra to bring about pure wine magic.