Community Tasting Notes 12

• cct wrote:

  October 8, 2020 - Bitter chocolate, plum, violets, and a good dollop of wood. It's rich and sleek, with a polished modern style with wood spice and stone fruits on the palate. Drinking at what I suspect is early peak. Some bitter tannins on back end give me some pause as to whether the wood will outlive the fruit. Overall, a well made in its style, but not in my wheelhouse. One glass was plenty. NR due to stylistic aversion

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• Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 14, 2019 - Great fruit apparent on the front end, stepping aside to reveal great structure, and minerality. If you are consuming with dinner a slightly saltier dish will help once the fruit starts to subside... the salt actually enhances the remaining fruitiness.

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• vindictive wrote:

  June 15, 2017 - I wanted to spend more time with this wine ( I first tried it in France with some friends who predicted a great future), but was unable on this night. I think it would get much better with air. From an excellent right bank vintage, a big wine with abundant material, but very tight and not showing much at this stage. Seems to have a long life ahead, but there is a certain modern influence (oak) here that makes me worry about its ability to gain complexity, but only time (or perhaps a long decant) will tell. It seems to have plenty in reserve.

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• DaleW wrote:

  February 27, 2017 - midbodied, black plum and cherry, leather, earth. Nice ripe balanced Merlot. B/B+

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• DaleW wrote:

  April 11, 2016 - Black fruits, a little ferric note, a bit short for a RB from ‘98. B-

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Vieux Chateau Chauvin
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 79 (60%)
• Consumed 52 (40%)

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