Community Tasting Notes 14

• fclarity wrote: 95 points

  November 2, 2022 - Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center and red/puce rims. The medium+ intensity nose offered up candied cherries, rhubarb, Provencal herbs, soil, and a hint of menthol.
  
  In the mouth it was rich and ripe great balance, firm acidity, and huge length.
  
  This still tasted quite young to me and I can't say for sure I know that it will evolve in a positive direction. It was a bit monolithic and somewhat high octane. However, it also seemed likely to improve by a point or two with another 10 years or so in the cellar and that would make it impressive indeed.

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• BradE wrote:

  January 5, 2022 - Drunk along side four vintages of the regular cuvee, including the 95, I found this over the top, and close to unappealing.

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• MrOctoberfest Likes this wine:

  September 26, 2020 - Extremely good, but not worth the current tariff. I would have happily traded a bottle of this for a dozen of the regular 1995 bottling. Still, the balance between rich, meaty bacon flavors and light, pretty floral flavors is amazing. Chave is truly the King of Hermitage, and this has another 30+ years of life left.

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• Burgnick Likes this wine: 96 points

  September 28, 2019 - 3000 bottles made. The usual chave sensation with herbs, wild berries, perfume, bacon and meat. The palate was ultra ethereal and weightless with subtle and humble power. Along with the impeccable length and finish of this wine, the wine had no signs of that richness and meatiness from the Chave Hermitage. These characters were distinguished ithr Cuvee Catheleen from a regular chave. Everything was in the right place. Liquid silk, light on its feet, a different animal. 96-97

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• DrinkBordeaux wrote: 95 points

  January 25, 2019 - Jean Louis Chave Hermitage Tasting (Wine Watch, Fort Lauderdale, Florida): Definitely had a unique quality compared to the other Chave Hermitages. It had a darker fruit profile, with more dark plum and blackberry, along with truffle, eucalyptus, bacon fat, pepper, game, and espresso. Deep, rich, and concentrated on the palate. Very round and balanced. Perhaps more accessible right now than the 1995 Chave Hermitage, which I have found to be a bit shy and less generous. A nice long finish. Medium level of acidity. Very special to taste this rare wine from Chave.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

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• In Cellars 242 (63%)
• Consumed 141 (37%)

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