Community Tasting Notes 49

• Jeff Leve wrote: 96 points

  April 2, 2024 - A rare treat indeed, this gem delivers its smoke, flowers, cherries, licorice, and herb filled perfume with little effort. The palate follows through as expected with its bright, fresh, earthy, herb, cedar, and tobacco-tinted mid-palate and finish. Drink from 2024-2035.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 88 points

  March 1, 2024 - Gereiftes Rubin, orange Ränder. Sehr weit entwickelte Nase, kein Vergleich mit dem 83er daneben, Pilze, Waldboden, Unterholz. Im Gaumen rund, gereift, markantes, leicht trocknendes Tannin, nicht wirklich harmonisch was die Säure angeht. Mittellanger Abgang, trocknendes Finale. Natürlich, kein schlechter Wein, jedoch weit weg von dem, was Chave sonst bietet. In diesem Zustand kein Highlight.

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• joshabramson Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 30, 2022 - My second bottle of 78 Chave, this was kind of similar to the first bottle -- funky and dirty on the nose, but bright and fresh on the palate.

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• englishman's claret wrote:

  November 7, 2022 - Lightly corked and such a shame, too, because what's underneath the taint is glorious with a remarkable depth of fruit and freshly ground black pepper.

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• acyso wrote: flawed

  June 23, 2022 - Chave: "In the name of science" (Chicago, IL): What a wine to be corked. Some at the table didn't think so, but even tasting the wine, it just didn't seem like there was anything I missed.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1978
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 12 (2%)
• In Cellars 395 (71%)
• Consumed 152 (27%)

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