Community Tasting Notes 79

• drwine2001 wrote:

  September 16, 2023 - A Delightful Dinner in Vienna: Deep yellow with a bit of amber. Beeswax and honey. Full bodied and creamy without any sense of heaviness. Complex, long, nutty without overt oxidation, and still with great verve, which amazed me given the hot, low acid vintage. I rarely try white Hermitage, but this bottle was great and showed how they can exit their adolescence and turn into something special.

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• Nontaco Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 9, 2023 - Easter dinner. Funky and sherried, not that familiar with Marsanne but not my bag. Tasted flat and a bit rank. Maybe some folks dig but at best an acquired taste and perhaps the vintage isn’t doing it any favors.

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• Burgland Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 29, 2022 - Almond cake, lanolin, and beeswax on the nose, following through to the palate. Very long finish. Sexy, voluptuous and rich, in a bone-dry package. Needs a long decant. This is one of those wines that keeps drawing you back for another sip and forces you to ration out the last few sips as you get near the end of the glass. Confirms that Chave blanc is one of the great white wines in the world.

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• fclarity wrote: 92 points

  November 2, 2022 - Tasted blind, this wine was a bit of a ringer. It had a light gold center with clear rims. The medium intensity nose put forth apricot, pear, apple, and some soil.
  
  This was quite tight in both the nose and mouth at first. It needed many hours of air to fill out. The mouth was a bit dilute in the beginning but filled out nicely over several hours. There was good acidity and length.
  
  My guess is there is a couple points of upside here in 5-10 years. Impressive for what is considered an off vintage.

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• Zweder wrote: 97 points

  October 1, 2022 - Honey and minerals in the bouquet. On the palate very complex and tasty with some medicine (in a positive meaning) beautiful acidity, a pleasant touch of sweetness and a great length. Another WOTN.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
• Varietal White Rhone Blend
• Designation Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• Pending Delivery 27 (3%)
• In Cellars 680 (64%)
• Consumed 354 (33%)

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