My second bottle this year: This time, the wine seemed more robust, though it still seems like a lighter vintage of Chavaroche. Smokiness, apple, plum, salty olives, leather, with lively acidity and a lot of structure.
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ESTG does Blind Triples (Newcastle, WA): OMFG, glorious, the acid is singing, just lovely with black pepper and smoke, chewy, right in the wheelhouse. Young but prime drinking if you still want some chewiness.
Tasted over 2 hrs -med dark red minimal clearing -slightly savory dark berry black pepper -med acidity, med weight nicely concentrated dark berry savory saline mineral, med tannins -not as meaty as some vintages but still has a bit of a wild side, drinking well now still early on mature plateau; just love how Levet's Chavaroche reliably delivers savory wild fruit balanced with a healthy wholesome rusticity while effortlessly aging - great Côte-Rôtie!
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Small dinner to try out a new restaurant (Mihan): Good grief these are vanishing all too quickly. On the nose, blood, dirt, just a hint of greenness. Some discussion as to whether you'd call it a Côte Rôtie blind, or a Cornas. Lovely palate and some well behaved tannin at the back. Mine and the table's WOTN. I suspect this has some time ahead of it but jolly decent now.
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A little funk on the nose, but unlike the Paris that disappears quickly. This is great, lovely spine of acidity, earth, dark fruits, I'm sure it's got life ahead of it yet but this is doing everything that's asked of it right now.
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5/18/2024 - talbot61 wrote: 92 Points
My second bottle this year: This time, the wine seemed more robust, though it still seems like a lighter vintage of Chavaroche. Smokiness, apple, plum, salty olives, leather, with lively acidity and a lot of structure.
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5/4/2024 - Eric wrote:
ESTG does Blind Triples (Newcastle, WA): OMFG, glorious, the acid is singing, just lovely with black pepper and smoke, chewy, right in the wheelhouse. Young but prime drinking if you still want some chewiness.
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3/29/2024 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Tasted over 2 hrs
-med dark red minimal clearing
-slightly savory dark berry black pepper
-med acidity, med weight nicely concentrated dark berry savory saline mineral, med tannins
-not as meaty as some vintages but still has a bit of a wild side, drinking well now still early on mature plateau; just love how Levet's Chavaroche reliably delivers savory wild fruit balanced with a healthy wholesome rusticity while effortlessly aging - great Côte-Rôtie!
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3/14/2024 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Small dinner to try out a new restaurant (Mihan): Good grief these are vanishing all too quickly. On the nose, blood, dirt, just a hint of greenness. Some discussion as to whether you'd call it a Côte Rôtie blind, or a Cornas. Lovely palate and some well behaved tannin at the back. Mine and the table's WOTN. I suspect this has some time ahead of it but jolly decent now.
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2/12/2024 - lozatron Likes this wine:
A little funk on the nose, but unlike the Paris that disappears quickly. This is great, lovely spine of acidity, earth, dark fruits, I'm sure it's got life ahead of it yet but this is doing everything that's asked of it right now.
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