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Saturday, March 28, 2015 - Dinner at Brasa, Raleigh, NC. I'm very fortunate to have a wife with great taste and knowledge of wine. Going to a Brazilian steakhouse we knew the meal would be mostly red meat. Having a primarily white cellar this some times causes a lot of extra thought on what to open. Dena says either Chave or Bonneau when I ask her. I know we're guaranteed a winner and after some discussion we decide on the '88 Chave. Terrific fill level and the cork comes out looking closer to a 2 year old bottle than a 27 year old bottle ( I know it's legit as it's from a 6 pack I bought over a decade ago before prices soared on Chave and fakes became a concern). Beautiful ruby with virtually no bricking. Loaded with cherries, raspberries, minerality and smoke - classic Chave. Tasting on the young side but the tannins have almost all melted away just leaving deep and concentrated fruit. Long fruity finish. A really great bottle. I had to laugh as our waiter was in training and had an " experienced" waiter with him. You could tell that the so called experienced waiter knew nothing about wine, which is fine, but tried to come off as an expert when opening the bottle while at the same time seeming to have an attitude that people bringing their own wine were just being cheap not trying to have a great aged bottle. He was quickly shown up by the waiter in training who spent some time in the wine business and said "the '88 should be great right now. I'd highly recommend the house special picanya". A great bottle. Well stored bottles should keep drinking well for at least a decade. 50+14+15+9.5+9.5=98

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