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The November 2015 Midwest Gentleman's No Reserve Distinguished Cellar Auction
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Estimate: $300
2.5cm, nicked and lightly scuffed label.
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95JG
"This is one of the more backward and by far, the best example of the â85 Chave that I have tasted. This is a vintage from Chave that is quite inconsistent stylistically (some bottles are all raspberry, hot stones and pepper, others much more black fruity and meaty), but qualitatively, each manifestation has been excellent. This particular bottle was profound, offering up an explosive bouquet of black raspberry, bacon fat, grilled meats, medicinal syrah tones, hot stones, herbs and cedary, spicy wood. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, packed with fruit, with great focus and grip, bright acids, some serious ripe tannins, and a long, complex and palate-staining finish. This wine is still in need of a few more years of cellaring to reach its apogee, where it should drink magically for two to three decades. Still early days for this great wine."
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"This is one of the more backward and by far, the best example of the â85 Chave that I have tasted. This is a vintage from Chave that is quite inconsistent stylistically (some bottles are all raspberry, hot stones and pepper, others much more black fruity and meaty), but qualitatively, each manifestation has been excellent. This particular bottle was profound, offering up an explosive bouquet of black raspberry, bacon fat, grilled meats, medicinal syrah tones, hot stones, herbs and cedary, spicy wood. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, packed with fruit, with great focus and grip, bright acids, some serious ripe tannins, and a long, complex and palate-staining finish. This wine is still in need of a few more years of cellaring to reach its apogee, where it should drink magically for two to three decades. Still early days for this great wine."
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Produces some of the world's most powerful and long-lived Syrah from a single granite hill, yielding dense, structured reds and rich whites.