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Manage Subscriptions1998 Vieux Chateau Chauvin
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
Community Tasting Notes 12
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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-
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
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 79 (60%)
- Consumed 52 (40%)
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- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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