2001 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La Péroline

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  2/21/2020 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 90 Points

  The nose on this was fantastic from the decanter when poured off the sediment. Returned to the cleaned bottle for the dinner table it seemed to close up. The nose was still beautiful, if less expansive. Violets, lavender, smoke, minerals and red fruit that most resembled currants on the nose but then the palate was mid-weight but dominated by tannin. At least they were fine tannins and not big chunky ones. I kept going back to this over the evening hoping it would open up. Eventually, we gave up and put the rest of the bottle in the fridge. I guess I'll update if it changes. I have no idea what to do with my last bottle but I guess 3-5 years.

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  2/26/2018 - Nanda wrote: 89 Points

  Dinner at Formento's (Chicago, IL): Gotta be the most ready and welcoming Levet I've been able to try. Very classic with meaty, peppery fruit. But the fruit is a bit lightweight and lean. Good and classic.

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  2/26/2018 - acyso wrote: 90 Points

  Dinner at Formento's with Michael (Chicago, IL): Could it be? My first Levet that doesn't smell like a barn? Nope, there was still a little of that on the back end of the nose, but at least this bottle was far more perfumed and showed more spice and earth qualities than outright funk. The palate isn't too convincing though; good acidity and some fruit, but it feels like it's getting a little tired. Drink up, while there's still some flesh on the bones.

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  12/24/2017 - sbfoote wrote: 89 Points

  Smoky, rubber glove nose. A touch of VA, sour cherry, olive, on the palate. Interesting, but a little out of balance.But then a smoky, olive phase that is very good. A little too wild and rustic.

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  11/5/2017 - tooch wrote: 93 Points

  Drank really nicely. The fruit was more pure and concentrated on this bottle compared to some of the others where the fruit felt stripped down. I'm not anticipating this to get much better, but this bottle was in a great spot.

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