2008 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave St. Joseph

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  6/26/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Someone on CT says “past its prime” but this is just barely reaching its prime. The aromatics still show a bit of youthful red fruit, but there is the leathery, stony, smoky complexity. Palate is definitely softening, but there is that acidity of a less ripe vintage to keep an edge on things. Overall it’s balanced, but a little bit fierce. Old school wine from an old school vintage. Drink now and for many years to come.

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  2/14/2020 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  From the wine list at Legacy Records. Decanted and served - consumed over the course of dinner. Quite earthy and a bit herbaceous with green stemmy notes on the finish, red berries, medium weight and savory. Not the most riveting vintage, but still quite enjoyable particularly with beef tenderloin.

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  10/14/2019 - AndrewR wrote: 88 Points

  Pepper and more pepper. And past its prime, drink up.

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  7/22/2019 - tastark Likes this wine:

  Drinking well. Definitely showing it's cool-vintage pedigree with some herbaceous notes on the nose and palate, though not off putting. You might confuse this with Loire valley cab franc, though it's missing a bit of tannin and still has some tell-tale Syrah pepper going on. A "pretty" version of Syrah is what I'd say. Feminine.

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  3/31/2019 - jdkrabbe wrote: 90 Points

  Medium transparency clay colour, little rim variation for being 11 years old. Rubber new shoe smells. Black fruit. Earthy, manure. High acidity. Med-high volatile acidity. Long strong finish. Good, not great.

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