Dinner with Herwig (Heirloom Cafe, SF): A bit plummy and red fruit, minerality; palate is medium bodied, medium plus acidity, lovely elegant and minerality red fruit; finish is medium length. Nice and solid Syrah, balanced. 91
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Alongside the 19989. Equally rich, but this ‘98 is less balanced and slightly more firm. Both showcasing ripe black cherry and plum, roasted meat, and faint earth.
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Brambly fruit with a little mint, exquisite and complex, I would love to put it blind in an Hermitage tasting, but it would be pretty unfair to almost any but Chave. First rate with plenty of life remaining.
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Not a great showing for this wine and was particularly disappointed based on how well the '99 drank a few nights ago.
It seems the structure outlasted the fruit on this one. Didn't get the expressive plum nose and flavors in this one like I did with the '99 and the mineral element was absent also.
Certainly wasn't a bad wine but seemed a bit monotonic without the layers and complexity of the '99. Could have been a bad bottle but it was my only one.
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1/10/2023 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
Dinner with Herwig (Heirloom Cafe, SF): A bit plummy and red fruit, minerality; palate is medium bodied, medium plus acidity, lovely elegant and minerality red fruit; finish is medium length. Nice and solid Syrah, balanced. 91
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2/14/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Alongside the 19989. Equally rich, but this ‘98 is less balanced and slightly more firm. Both showcasing ripe black cherry and plum, roasted meat, and faint earth.
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1/9/2019 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Brambly fruit with a little mint, exquisite and complex, I would love to put it blind in an Hermitage tasting, but it would be pretty unfair to almost any but Chave. First rate with plenty of life remaining.
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12/1/2016 - aaronfullen wrote: 87 Points
Not a great showing for this wine and was particularly disappointed based on how well the '99 drank a few nights ago.
It seems the structure outlasted the fruit on this one. Didn't get the expressive plum nose and flavors in this one like I did with the '99 and the mineral element was absent also.
Certainly wasn't a bad wine but seemed a bit monotonic without the layers and complexity of the '99. Could have been a bad bottle but it was my only one.
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7/27/2013 - tooch wrote: 91 Points
Saturday Get Together (My Place): Elegant American syrah. Loved its meaty character with florals, earth and spice. This showed really well.
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