1976 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  8/29/2023 - acyso wrote: 95 Points

  Tuesday (Chicago, IL): I'll be the first to admit that I really didn't think this was that compelling a wine right at the get-go. Lots of blood and iron (and that never really went away) with a somewhat thin texture and a bit of an ungainly disposition. But this picked up weight over the course of the evening (we never decanted it, just poured it out of the bottle). It also helped to have some beef alongside. Rustic, meaty, and gamey, on the palate this was bloody and saline. I would have loved to see a few more degrees of fruit, but that is likely a tall order for an almost 50-year-old syrah, even if it is Hermitage. The oldest Chave I've had the pleasure to try, and a sound bottle at that. I want to also add a note that this was one of the first times where I felt that a bottle of Chave really shot up in quality with air. Usually, they are stellar straight out of the gate.

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  1/11/2021 - clayfu wrote:

  The 76 Chave was elegance in wine form, the fruit was uber cool, red fruited, seamless, and just glides softly against your palate without nary a wave created. I could not get over the crushed rock, beautiful smoky wild red berry note with almost a fully primary drive, doesn't have that touch of wild that the 80s Chave have, it's just waves and waves of beautiful fruit and minerality. Did I taste my WOTY already?

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  1/30/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points

  Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage vertical (Singapore): Started off with a very animalic nose, almost stinky, wet fur, dried meat, leather. Medium bodied, good freshness. Hard to score, undeniably characterful and complex if you can accept the barnyard funk in the aromas. 94-96

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  12/24/2018 - Dave Canada wrote: 95 Points

  Drank at Palais Coburg with Leanne and Josh to celebrate Leanne's 42nd Birthday
  
  Nose shows soy, blood, smoke, tobacco, red and black fruits...earth, subtle flowers, minerals and pyrazine.
  The palate is lithe and expressive...pure red and black fruits wrapped in smoked bacon, flowers and earth....wow.
  Finish is long and complex...so much going on...

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  3/31/2018 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Nice surprise, quite spry aromas and palate. Earthy, fresh and varnished. Lots of complexity and evolution in the glass.

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