Community Tasting Note

markjanes wrote:

Monday, August 1, 2011 - This wine was not firing on all cylinders, it seemed adolescent and tempermental over the few hours I had it in a decanter. Still fruit driven without the floral iodine that mature Chave always seems to have... texturally with high acidity, a firmish midpalate, unresolved tannins that are certainly not overbearing. Balanced wine with good length, great intensity, ok complexity... finesse to burn in there, firm but fine texture, great expression of place. While I would agree this in not great Chave, it is far, far from being anywhere near its peak if the bottle is in good shape. Put this away for 3-7 and see where it goes next... barely outstanding wine tonight with tons of upside.

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