Community Tasting Notes 177

• acyso wrote: 93 points

  March 17, 2024 - Heater week; 3/8/2024-3/17/2024 (Chicago, IL): Not at the level of Friday's bottle. Initially my favourite of the 80s Chaves, but this was surpassed by the 1988 later in the evening. Ripe fruit and a mix of red and black. A little dirty and not as pristine as that earlier bottle. Still, a very enjoyable bottle.

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• acyso wrote: 95 points

  March 15, 2024 - Heater week; 3/8/2024-3/17/2024 (Chicago, IL): Can't believe it's taken me this long to come across this wine. It was a bit underwhelming at first, but despite its age, took to air very well and expanded in depth and power as the night went on. Structured more like the Juge, with black fruit and a burlier tannic presence (versus the lighter and more ethereal Jamet and Trollat), there's an incredible depth of flavour and potency here. Of course, there's plenty rusticity typical for the Chave of yore. Very impressive stuff -- I hope to cross paths with this again before long. For my palate, very much at peak.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 95 points

  March 1, 2024 - Gereiftes Rubin, orangenfarbene Ränder. Feinduftige Nase, Herbstlaub, getrocknete Rosen, sehr floral und verspielt, fast schon burgundisch anmutend. Im Gaumen zugänglich, noch immer mit schöner Frucht, die Tannine sind abgeschmolzen, die Säure wirkt stimmig, hier ist alles an seinem Platz, ungemein elegant, frisch und mit feiner Würze und roten Beeren im Abgang. Love it. Trinken bis 2030.

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• MartyL Likes this wine: 96 points

  January 24, 2024 - Ready and glorious. Amazing dark savory aromatics, but somehow light and etherial on the palate. Was great on pop & pour. A reminder of how great Chave once was.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

  November 15, 2023 - At full maturity, if you want to understand the magic of Chave, look no further. Full, rich, concentrated, and complex, the wine is also elegant, refined, earthy, spicy, and pure, with energy and lift that propels the layers of peppery, sweet, herb, and spice-tinted red fruits over your palate. No decanting is needed, just pop, pour, and enjoy the thrill ride. Drink from 2023-2035.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1983
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Code 3760046004130

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• In Cellars 540 (50%)
• Consumed 546 (50%)

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