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• MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 97 points

  August 13, 2022 - Late night pull from the cellar during the Almacerro tasting. Looking to impress fellow CT'ers with a wine that changed my palate forever.
  
  Primary with the stuffing to be a legend. This 15 JLC is a structured beast of a wine. Dark red fruit, cinnamon baking spice, blood iron, pepper. Incredible mouth feel with a medium body and long palate coating finish. Undeniably Chave. I need to source more as this is only going to climb the charts.
  
  97++
  
  Hold

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4 Comments

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/13/22, 10:37 PM - Extremely grateful, my friend. This is one I never thought I'd get the oppo to drink. It is easily a 97 now and who knows with aging? A fantastic way to wrap up a night.....I will be back! If you'll have me........God, I can still taste that steak!

• boillatm commented:

  8/13/22, 11:16 PM - Glad I have one in my cellar.
  It seems to me that among the blue chips of fine wines, Chave is the most reliable on delivering the goods.
  Unfortunately I don't have allocations and have to source my bottles on the market or at auctions. I sometimes feel I should forgo a case of mid-range bdx to save the budget for a bottle of Chave.

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  8/14/22, 6:26 AM - JLC has become so hard to come by. Allocations are tied to other wines that are harder to move. Once you get your hands on one then you have to keep them off as they deserve as much rest as any bottle I can think of. St Joseph continues to impress so don't sleep on it!
  
  Cheers guys!

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  8/14/22, 6:59 AM - And yes Mark! Definitely want you back in Houston soon.

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