At Balon Restaurant in Hong Kong - An excellent bottle that improved further in the glass. Lots of meaty and smokey bacon flavours. More than sufficient acid to compliment the food as well. I think the CT drinking window is way off here; definitely some years in front of it.
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From a bottle that had been coravinned a couple of weeks ago. Oooh, this is lovely. Still quite luminous color. The mature cassis fruit still has good freshness, supported by lots of campfire smoke and meat, with hints of olives and flowers, there's maybe a little brett in there but not enough to detract. Still quite concentrated with a beautiful silky texture, this is at a lovely state of maturity, where any tension between the fruit and structure has fully resolved and integrated but the wine hasn't started to get short/tart or dry out. This is miles better than several bottles from more heralded older vintages of Chave I tasted in a big vertical last year.
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A generous Coravin pour from a previously un-accessed bottle, and firing on all cylinders fresh out of the gate. Extremely fresh and young. Dark cranberry/raspberry fruit, a lot of citrus, florals, a touch of olive. Medium-plus body; zesty, tingly texture; very mouth-filling. Distinctive and excellent. Shows what a great producer can do in an unheralded vintage.
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Kicking off a week of anniversary celebrations: Pale red, pure essence of Syrah fruit with tart wild berry, kirsch, blue stone fruits, beautiful hints of grilled meat. There is an intoxicating blend of wild green herbs with a great balance of tannin, fruit and perfect acidity. More please!!
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11/12/2017 - dcwino wrote: 91 Points
2017 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/9/2017-11/14/2017 (Villa D’este, Lake Como and Milan): Rather shy nose displaying subtle red fruit, a hint of blood, tapenade, garrigue and leather and earth. Fully integrated palate, shy red fruit, medium acidity and a short to medium finish. This particular bottle is past its prime. The remnants of classic Chave profile makes it still enjoyable. Perhaps better in Magnum format?
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10/15/2017 - KoalaHK wrote:
At Balon Restaurant in Hong Kong - An excellent bottle that improved further in the glass. Lots of meaty and smokey bacon flavours. More than sufficient acid to compliment the food as well. I think the CT drinking window is way off here; definitely some years in front of it.
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8/2/2015 - coremill wrote: 93 Points
From a bottle that had been coravinned a couple of weeks ago. Oooh, this is lovely. Still quite luminous color. The mature cassis fruit still has good freshness, supported by lots of campfire smoke and meat, with hints of olives and flowers, there's maybe a little brett in there but not enough to detract. Still quite concentrated with a beautiful silky texture, this is at a lovely state of maturity, where any tension between the fruit and structure has fully resolved and integrated but the wine hasn't started to get short/tart or dry out. This is miles better than several bottles from more heralded older vintages of Chave I tasted in a big vertical last year.
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7/30/2015 - cooberp Likes this wine: 92 Points
A generous Coravin pour from a previously un-accessed bottle, and firing on all cylinders fresh out of the gate. Extremely fresh and young. Dark cranberry/raspberry fruit, a lot of citrus, florals, a touch of olive. Medium-plus body; zesty, tingly texture; very mouth-filling. Distinctive and excellent. Shows what a great producer can do in an unheralded vintage.
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6/25/2015 - S1 Likes this wine:
Kicking off a week of anniversary celebrations: Pale red, pure essence of Syrah fruit with tart wild berry, kirsch, blue stone fruits, beautiful hints of grilled meat. There is an intoxicating blend of wild green herbs with a great balance of tannin, fruit and perfect acidity.
More please!!
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