1988 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
Community Tasting Note
drwine2001 wrote:
Sunday, September 18, 2022 - Sunday Lunch with Raveneau Chablis and Chave Hermitage (Piccino Restaurant, San Francisco): Light ruby, watery rim. Fragrant herbs and light fruit. Light weight. Supple entry with faded red fruit and orange rind. Then it turns more peppery and ends with soil and little remaining tannin. As was another bottle last year, subtle, lovely, complex, and emblematic of the Chave style. Not a "wow" wine and probably never at the qualitative level of either the 2010 or 2005 which preceded it, this is more old style and was deeply satisfying. A great way to end the skein of Chave vintages we were fortunate enough to taste today.
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Comment posted by cfk49:
9/20/2022 8:22:00 AM - Interesting set of notes. I'm curious about (A) who the importers of each bottle were (Chave, at least at one time, had different cuvées for different importers) and (B) what the provenance of these wines was.