2022 Henri Chauvet Côtes d'Auvergne Abrupts

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  4/23/2024 - beegnat wrote:

  Dinner at parcelles. This was young and wound extremely tight, didn't budge over 90 mins. Dark beaujolais with black cherry, blackberry, rich berry fruit, good acidity and minerality carry this. There's a sense of the soil similarity to n Rhone with some olive tapenade/gamey/earthy ish tones, doesn't quite get there but enough to get the sense that this is more than acid and fruit eventually. Haven't had la souteronne 22 but i imagine this would be similar or better quality, pricey but one to watch.

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  4/5/2024 - Lehto Likes this wine: 89 Points

  My first time with a wine from Henri Chauvet - getting a lot of traction lately!
  
  This had the feel of a dark Beaujolais Cru to me, and I do feel this needs several more years in the cellar to ease up a little.
  
  Black cherry, blackberry, chokeberry and dark plum really gives a nice touch of fruit, but they're dark and quite broody.
  Really earthy, mushroom, animalistic, hung meat, iron, herbal and some smoke and leather. The tannins are actually not extreme although grainy, but it's the dark and broody feel that dominates and suggests this needs more time to loosen up. Acidity and minerality are both beautiful.
  
  This is a lovely wine that I expect to turn even better, but as the price is around €30-40 it's also competing with a lot of high-end Beaujolais, and I'm not sure I'd choose this then...

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  11/26/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 91 Points

  Nez de poivrons mûrs, leger animal... Très fruité rouge mûr, belle mineralité, belle texture, velours.

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