2015 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La Péroline
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skurtz Likes this wine:
Saturday, June 5, 2021 - This was a brutish beast after opening, like licking an ashtray, but over 3-4h in a decanter, this smoothed out and blossomed beautifully (thank God! given the price point). Very savory, dark fruit, spices, black pepper, mineral, and eucalyptus. Personally, I don't like evergreen/eucalyptus, but there is nice acidity in the finish, making this a good food wine. An excellent pairing for herb encrusted rack of lamb. Clearly too young for prime time, and not my favorite flavor profile at the moment, but it has been in my cellar for over 3 years, and I was just too curious. This needs like five more years to mellow out, hopefully the eucaluptus evolves into something tastier, and I'm hoping it benefits from more patient waiting for this to develop. 91/92
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Comment posted by Kirk Grant:
6/5/2021 6:24:00 PM - The last time I opened the 2005 I thought the same thing, that it needed another 5-7 years; and that was about 4 years ago. My guess is that the 2015 will need at least another 8-10 years. These wines age at a glacial pace.