Northern Rhone Offline

Bar Agricole, San Francisco
Tasted Thursday, April 27, 2017 by aagrawal with 259 views

Introduction

The wine was excellent, and the food was average.

Flight 1 (6 Notes)

  • 2000 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

    Double decanted and tasted. Lovely medium ruby with slight bricking appropriate for its age; nose is moderately aromatic, red fruit, some meaty and gamey notes, slight white pepper; palate is medium bodied, superb bright acidity throughout without being shrill, iodine, fresh red berry fruit throughout, medium well integrated tannins, almost elegant texture throughout; medium-length finish. Nose is nice, classic Northern Rhone but somewhat young and reticent, palate overall is very young but well balanced and shows promise. I'm curious what some oxygen will add to the wine. 92-93
    6 hours slow ox: highly aromatic nose, much improved, spice, plenty of fruit. Lovely wine, more rustic in structure and style than the Chave Hermitages, but it held its own. Very nice. 93-95
    Day 2: held up well without really any significant changes positive or negative.

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  • 2001 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas Flawed

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

    Corked/TCA. Others thought heat damaged.

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  • 1995 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 96 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Medium aromatics, spice, meaty, musk, slight Brett; palate is medium bodied, high acid, elegant red fruit, fully integrated tannins; medium-long length. A lovely classic wine with real character. 93-95
    With air, this really opened up even more with incredibly aromatic, gamey; palate is wonderful, acidity is superb. 95-98

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  • 2000 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 92 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Medium aromatic nose, some spice; palate is youthful, fresh tart red fruit, medium youthful tannins, medium to medium-plus acid; medium length finish. Lovely balance but needs time to develop more Chave character. 92

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  • 2001 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Aromatic, pepper spice, youthful red fruit; palate is medium bodied, wonderful medium-plus acidity, plenty of red fruit, nice spice, almost velvety texture; medium-long finish. This is really youthful with a lot of potential. 92-94+

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  • 2004 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 95 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Highly aromatic nose with spice, black pepper, tons of fruit, very nice; high acid, medium bodied, lovely primary red fruit throughout, medium youthful tannins; long finish. This is superb, but a decade too young. 94-97++, easily on the higher side with time.
    After an hour: some exotic spice, almost like Vosne-Romanée. This is superb.

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