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2014 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots - France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru (5/7/2021)
Pure. This word kept coming back to me over and over, during the 90 minute decant to the last sip – the very essence of a great GC Chablis. Obviously this is still a baby, and while it did feel a bit bound up and tight, there was clearly enough showing to get a good feel for what will unfurl in due time. Ne’er could one find even a drop of anything resembling some type of fruit characteristic or trait; instead, this was a pristine sheet of minerals with just the right amount of supporting oceanic salinity and acidity. Again, it was still bound up a little so the palate coverage while respectable should really unfurl with another 4 to 10 years(?). I was completely under this Classical Chablis spell. (94 pts.)
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2011 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage (5/7/2021)
My first Chave rouge (or blanc for that matter). I think this had around a 2hr decant. I’ll do less of a tn and more an impression. I was afraid this might happen. Damn it. Like I need this. This Hermitage was spectacular and I have to have another Chave again at some point, the sooner the better. The poise, elegance, symmetry and yes generous fruit were all present, and in such a lovely package. I thought a lot about this – I think even if I didn’t know the label I would have been just as impressed as I was last night staring at that red Old English font on the H. Does it have decades ahead, sure. I don’t care. What a Thursday night.
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