Chave: "In the name of science" (Chicago, IL): Nowhere as interesting as the 1986, but very much in a similar vein where you have a waxy texture that's cut by bitterness rather than acidity. Unfortunately, the nose on this had a really unpleasant sulfurous stink/cheesy note that was really hard to get past. Especially strange that I quite liked a bottle of this wine a few years ago. These white Rhones can be maddeningly inconsistent.
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Lovely colour, mid toned but perhaps the best characteristic of this wine is the nose; smells wonderful, wax, barrel, lemon, lanolin, white flowers, marzipan but what great balance. When you taste it has that defining characteristic of white Rhone; oxidative but great acidity.
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Rhone, lots of it (Chicago, IL): Maybe there is something to be said about these old Chave blancs. Yes, it's waxy and low acid, but this is actually pretty nicely composed. There are some aromas and flavours of butterscotch here that I could see being called over-the-hill, but this doesn't have much by way of oxidative elements. Some baked apple, perhaps? In any case, this was fairly enjoyable. I'm not sure it's something I'd want a whole bottle of, but the small glass did the trick nicely.
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6/23/2022 - acyso wrote: 85 Points
Chave: "In the name of science" (Chicago, IL): Nowhere as interesting as the 1986, but very much in a similar vein where you have a waxy texture that's cut by bitterness rather than acidity. Unfortunately, the nose on this had a really unpleasant sulfurous stink/cheesy note that was really hard to get past. Especially strange that I quite liked a bottle of this wine a few years ago. These white Rhones can be maddeningly inconsistent.
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5/9/2020 - clayfu wrote:
Fu's wild ride - a blind tasting around the country with a vertical of Levet with French, Henriquez, Alfert, Carnes and Kane: fairly tired bottle, waxy , low alcohol, honey and vanilla with some fading apricot.
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5/10/2019 - coteamor wrote: 96 Points
Lovely colour, mid toned but perhaps the best characteristic of this wine is the nose; smells wonderful, wax, barrel, lemon, lanolin, white flowers, marzipan but what great balance. When you taste it has that defining characteristic of white Rhone; oxidative but great acidity.
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4/1/2019 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Waxy and oily, this was fresher than the '89 served alongside. Light vanilla notes on the nose. Slippery finish.
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3/10/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Rhone, lots of it (Chicago, IL): Maybe there is something to be said about these old Chave blancs. Yes, it's waxy and low acid, but this is actually pretty nicely composed. There are some aromas and flavours of butterscotch here that I could see being called over-the-hill, but this doesn't have much by way of oxidative elements. Some baked apple, perhaps? In any case, this was fairly enjoyable. I'm not sure it's something I'd want a whole bottle of, but the small glass did the trick nicely.
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