Provides bargain basement access to the Chave's stellar reputation. When I pulled the cork, out popped at least 20ml of wine, so this must have been bottled in quite some vacuum. Nice aromas of sour cherry, leather and light funk. Faint traces of reduction. Good acidity but a bit thin. Improved with food, but never quite made it to the sweet spot category. Chave or no Chave, heart or no heart, in my book this is a Pass. Maybe I am being harsh, but I think the dude should stick to his own grapes and leave the negociant business to those with less reputation to preserve (I am assuming this is negociant because the label says "Elevé et mis en bouteille par J.L. Chave Selection"). What, he doesn't make enough money from his regular wines? What, he read Marx and thinks that capital accumulation is compulsory under capitalism? Gimme a break!
), so I think it might be fun some day to get together and describe to each other exactly what we are tasting to see if it's more or less the same things but we just have different preferences, or if we're actually perceiving different things.