Joe Weinberger

9.1

Can’t tell if not in a great spot or maybe some slight heat damage—but leaning to the latter. Tasty, but not as good as it should have been — a month ago

Vanessa

9.3

It’s always a resounding ‘YES’ for JL Chave!!

That includes this luscious and concentrated Syrah from Saint-Joseph AOC in the Northern Rhône of France.

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave is a benchmark and icon of the Rhône Valley – a family-run operation since 1481 – with an entire range of deliciousness through the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave and JL Chave Selection portfolios.

This wine is deep ruby, trending on purple. It has pronounced aromas and flavors of boysenberry, blueberry, black cherry, cassis, pomegranate, also violet, bacon, sanguine, saddle leather, pipe tobacco, clove, cigar, damp earth, and black peppercorn. Alcohol is high (14.5% ABV) with medium (+) fine-grained and well-integrated tannins, medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, and a long, elegant finish.

It has a rustic and savory character with robust dark fruit notes; it’s layered, complex, structured, and age-worthy, benefitting from decanting. Still, it’s tasting wonderfully now.

Cheers to JL Chave and treasures of the Rhône!! — 25 days ago

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Paul K

9.3

Bought at Wally’s @ Resort World. Big fan of this store. Great selection and not insane prices. With $50 cork fee pretty much everywhere in Vegas, very good option. I will say they don’t have many wines that are “ready” outside of the high end room.
Not rating yet as just popped in the room while watching women’s final. Heart says Iowa, bet says go SC. — 22 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Recommended!! — 7 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.4

Dense, stony and intense. Lacking fruit — 8 days ago

Ashish Pant

9.4

Whoa! Yes yes yes, let this one breathe! But once you’ve been patient it will reward you with an evening that sings. — 2 months ago

Nathan Renfro

9.6

Dark ruby colored. Slightly muted nose, bright fresh fruit. Black and blue fruit up front, chocolate, tobacco, but of red cherry, minerality, quite complex, tannins tight at the open, needs a nice decant at this point. Bright, crisp, silky mouthfeel. Long finish. Some of my favorite wines are from Dr. Crane, and this is another one. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Not as expressive as I had wanted. The 06 was the better wine tonight — 3 months ago

Vincent Cordasco

9.3

Smooth and soft. — 3 months ago

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Charlie Tapp

8.9

Needs time. Black fruit and dark flowers. — 7 months ago

Jeffrey Woo

9.3

Dark ruby hue. Aromas of blackberry, cassis, earthy, leather, pepper, plum. Plus body, plus tannins, plus acidity. Balanced with a long finish. Bold and smooth. Eminently drinkable now, but well worth cellaring. 49% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. — 16 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.5

Intense. Closing a bit “technical” for my taste. Will improve. 95+ — 8 days ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

Massive monster of a wine that will obviously polarise. The type of wine that you drink while being fed grapes and fanned with a giant palm leaf. Opulent and luxurious with blackberry, brambles and tar. Its going to be too much for a lot of people but if you like your wines full of flavour then this is for you! — a month ago

Tracy Anderson

9.0

Very smooth. I’ve never tried a Bordeaux but this is so smooth! — 17 days ago

David Goldmuntz

9.7

Magnificent Magnum !! — 23 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

Mystery achievement, don’t breathe down my neck, no. Excellent fill. 95% saturated cork. Labels a bit yellowed. Decanted and tasted after 15 mins, 45 mins and 1.5 hours. Big, chunky sed. Funk in the immediately decanted nose that blew off after a couple of decanter swirls. A bit of aged color with noticeable meniscus in the glass. Spearmint and orange peel in the nose. Cinnamon and spicy clove kicked in the back door to crash the party. Remarkable concentration in the nose and taste throughout the 1.5 hours. This had a fantastic, 40+ second finish with plenty of viable tannins still maintaining decorum. So yeah, the mystery…the shoulder vintage label was missing and vintage nowhere to be found on the cork, foil or front/back labels. Came from a top-notch cellar. Based on the yellowing of the label, cork saturation, fill, color/meniscus, flavors concentration/structure, initially thinking it to be either a 1978 or 1985 offering. Going with 1978 based on the obvious/large meniscus, amount of sediment, marvelous concentration for the performance and yellowing of the labels. Regardless, arguably the best Burg I’ve had in the last dozen months and def the best 1er Cru. Whatever vintage it was, has another decade-easy-rocking this hard. 3.20.24. — a month ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Confrérie Des Chevaliers du Tastevin Sous-Commanderie d'Albany, Pauleé Dinner; 2 February 2024 at Lake Ridge Restaurant, Round Lake, NY — 3 months ago

Gillian Kennedy

9.4

A Gift! Nice Claret 2020 “1910 style” very Downton Abbey. — 3 months ago

Kate Tanis

9.2

40th Bday! — 3 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Pnp perfection with a captivating and explosive layered bouquet of candied red cherries, rose petals, coffee beans and exotic spices. The palate is luxuriously silky with obvious grand cru weight and intensity and there is stunning purity and elegance to balance such power and exhilarating energy. An incredible combination. Its spice and mineral laced finale just keeps on going. One of the best CDLR’s in the biz was perfect tonight. — 7 months ago

Jeffrey Woo

9.2

Dark ruby hue. Aromas of blackberry, blueberry, cassis, leather, plum. Plus body, full tannins, plus acid. Balanced, bold, and refined, with a long finish. Definitely worth pairing with hearty food. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot. — 16 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Another great 07 floral, elegant showing beautiful red cherry, aromatic spices, underbrush, earth, mineral with fresh picked roses & violet — 10 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.3

Pure and précise. Time will reward. — 8 days ago

John Van Trijp

9.8

En primeur — 8 days ago

Matthew Lin

9.1

rounded fresh fruits, deeply tannic still. aniseed, pepper, like a cured sausage taste. light oak on the nose and on palate. clove. slightly mineralic, granite and graphite, fresh olive, orange rind. — a month ago

Jason

9.5

Port Colborne LCBO - need to do taste test with Joel Gott. Most excellent, Smooth, no after bite. — a month ago

Andrew Liguori

9.0

Sexy in 30 min. Rich cassis, blue and blackberry, (good kind) oaky vanilla, velvety tannins. Complex and fun. Risotto with mushrooms and sausage. — 2 months ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.2

I don’t get to try this ultra premium segment of Burgundy much so it is a treat to have this. This displays ripe aromas of berries, rose petal, leafs and wine gum pastille. It is medium bodied. On the palate you get more berries, citrus fruits, vanilla and cinnamon. The finish is fresh and dry with district fine tannins. — 3 months ago

Daniel veit

9.2

Cherry, shitake mushroom, plum, forest floor. — 3 months ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Smoky violets. Savory with a whiff of grapefruit. Whole cluster. Thoughtful. — 5 months ago