Gil Krakowsky

9.7

Can't say enough about a wine this serious at this price point. Absolutely stunning, elegant, and even (in a chinon way) powerful. Floral aromatic dominate - lavender and a bit of rose. Graphite, dusty chalk, red pepper, some raspberry. Fresh yet not primary. Hints of savory notes as well. Incredible spine of minerality runs through the palate. Great acidity and structure. Coiler and energetic. Finishes long and bright with refreshing pyrazines for days. In an incredible place now, so no fault in drinking but has a long, long life ahead. One of the best values in the wine world. Just exceptional — 9 years ago

Chris Leon

9.5

Special vintage rising to the occasion. Still ruby, still primary. Incredible youth at 16. — 9 years ago

with Cristina

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.3

One of the better Chevillon wines I've had in awhile. Balanced, nice mix between primary and tertiary. — 10 years ago

with Stacey and Bob

Jonas Mendoza

9.2

Dark cherry, "sweet" dirt, black raisin, dried mushroom, dried jerky, hoisin. Admittedly, the flavors were all over the place, but regardless a very complex wine where the primary fruit flavors are evolving into secondary and tertiary ones. — 10 years ago

Matthew Denci

9.4

Flashed chocolate, and some primary fruits before subsiding into a meaty mushroom earthy cloud of deliciousness with that lovely combo of integrated oak and dark prune minerality. Great time to drink this. — 10 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.2

Ripe red fruit. Healthy showing of spice and tobacco. Silky mouthfeel, lifted weight. Clean acid. Drinking well, however still primary with glimpses of depth and age. Excited to watch this go for the long haul. — 11 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

So good w/ a great future ahead. Still primary fruit for the first couple of hours and then it all comes into place after that. Will be fantastic when fully mature. — 12 years ago

with Max

Jon Fine

9.5

this year's birthday wine, from 1999. almost completely primary, still, ripe red fruit and lots of loveliness. — 9 years ago

LM Segal

9.6

Evokes an 80's Mike Tyson, powerful, primary, possibly destined for greatness but creating a fear that unnerves. Appropriately, it socks the nose, cloves, kirsch, leather. Assaults the palate, huge extraction that manages to float, coffee, dark chocolate. Compote left out for a day. Would love to taste this next to any SQN Grenache of similar age...Group was confounded but, like 80s Iron Mike, agreed that it's destined for fame or despair, but will always be interesting. — 9 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Lt gold. Heavy in the glass. Nose of sweet citrus, honeysuckle and garden stone. Very rich and glycerol in the mouth. Still primary. Nice fruit, structure and acidity balance. Great finish. Drink now or cross your fingers that with more age it remains this good. — 10 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Fantastic stuff. Still primary. Intense brambly fruit with a gamey saline quality. A deep sour cherry and dark blue thing. Real character and precision yet rustic in the best way. Excellent — 10 years ago

with Rajat and Larry

Alex Barty

Winemaker Blood Moon Wines, Senior Retail Assistant Blackhearts & Sparrows Wine Purveyors, Cellarhand Stonier Wines

9.3

Some good primary fruit and reasonable acidity giving good length. Some developing complexity. Intriguing wine that went well with our gyros! — 10 years ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

9.3

Nice drinking table red — 11 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.4

Lean, still plenty of mid-weight tannin, shedding primary fruit. But oak and alcohol more integrated than when last tasted. Leaning towards the savory, herbal range with eucalyptus and sage notes. Very interesting historically and intellectlly, but juicy, sweet and jammy?? Not at all. I still loved the wine and wanted a juicy slice of rare tenderloin. — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.0

This was lovely; full of primary fruit and lovely a point tannins but starting to loose its flesh. A very good easy drinking wine, though unfortunately that's all it was. As expected. — 9 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.1

Opened up nicely after an hour. Great primary fruit and great balance. Always a reliable wine list order. — 9 years ago

Rick K

9.3

1999. Another fantastic bottle of Chave. Still primary but hard to complain. Try again in 3-5 years. — 10 years ago

with George

Eric Egan

9.0

Every time I open a bottle of this (and I've kept my eye on it for a decade now) I think it's flawed. It just retains this dumb tannic hold for the first day after opening it. So I sucked the air out of it and kept it in the cabinet for 72 hours. Now it tastes great! Not a lot of primary fruit left but a seriously delicious musty blackcurrent compote. If the secondary berries that seem to be poking their buds through the soil now develop as I hope they will over the next two decades, this will be a very nicely integrated, balanced, and textured wine. It'll be fun to find out! — 10 years ago

John Wight

Sommelier/Wine Director Luce Restaurant

9.7

So tightly wound, still lots of oak and primary fruits! — 11 years ago

Chip Stryker

9.5

Wonderfully enjoyable wine. Seemed very well advanced for such a young pup. Round and balanced with all the right primary fruit aromas layered with developed earth and coffee notes. — 11 years ago