We enjoyed this nice little gem last night with some grilled carne asada + BBQ with friends. The monsoons have cooled down a bit over this past weekend but look to flare back up this week.
1995 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage: I’ve had 5 of these stashed away in a box at the bottom of a stack for years now - I haven’t been motivated for a long while now to move everything to get to them until this past week . After having a very pretty '07 Chave Hermitage Rouge a couple of weekends ago I fear I may be headed for a Hermitage binge. This '95 is also quite pretty with a nose very similar '07 IMHO. Beef broth, smoke, touches of savory bacon, and daft touches of pepper - the nose is a winner on this one. I though the tannins would be more shrill for whatever reason but they weren’t - seemingly resolved and full of fruit ladened with food worthy minerality. An enjoyable drink for sure! Next up - a bottle of the 2000.
Chave continues to deliver for me. Different vintage characteristics are AOK with me from '90 to '10 - all good!
Thanks for the nice note on this. I’ve been sitting on a couple of bottles and wondering when I should pop one. Sounds like it might be a good bet to open one sometime in the near future.
one time! A la Tache with a mild chili, most of the wine being drunk after the chili. And it was great but I have taken a lot of grief for that for years!!
A young man moves to a village in Wales and gets talking to an old man from the village. He asks the old man what his name is; the old man gets very irate at this point and says: “See that row of houses over there? I built them all, but do they call me Jones the House Builder? Do they hell!”
“See those power lines over there? I ran them all in and built the pylons, but do they call me Jones the Lineman? Do they hell!”
“See those bridges over that river? I built them all, but do they call me Jones the Bridge Builder? Do they hell!”
“See the straight and robust road that leads to and from the village? I built that but do they call me Jones the Civil Engineer? Do they Hell”
If you offered folks some Chave but they had to eat Carne Asada with it, I think you would have a pretty big waiting list. I would be at the head of the line.
. After having a very pretty '07 Chave Hermitage Rouge a couple of weekends ago I fear I may be headed for a Hermitage binge. This '95 is also quite pretty with a nose very similar '07 IMHO. Beef broth, smoke, touches of savory bacon, and daft touches of pepper - the nose is a winner on this one. I though the tannins would be more shrill for whatever reason but they weren’t - seemingly resolved and full of fruit ladened with food worthy minerality. An enjoyable drink for sure! Next up - a bottle of the 2000.
. At the bottom of the St. Louis thread from last week - maybe 2-3 pages deep at this point…
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