JL Chave Selection, Hermitage, Farconnet

(Blind tasting BYO) Full and deep nose. Plum and oak. Blackberry and iron minerality. Some cedar and coffee. Very Bdx-like. Medium-fullish, fullish palate. Dried fruit and blackberry. Some peppery hints. But also ink and plum. Quite tannic and a bit dry finish. Drink or hold. Quite Bdx-like Hermitage.

2006 vintage

Pleasant and very smooth. Background very light acidity. Kirsch. Substantial and chewy. Some chocolate After almost one month with argon in the bottle (2/3 left) - one hour decant, and it is different. Much more cote rotie for my taste. But very good CR, so one more point to 92. Hope I have a few more somewhere to try in coming years. This might get better.

2006 vintage

Tasty, still a bit of tanginess/zip to the initial flavour. Nice red berry fruit, sour cherries, blackberries, pepper, licorice, cured salami/meat and herbal notes on the finish. Dusty but very vague tannins. Medium length finish. Some bitterness on mid palate to finish.

2006 vintage

Blackish red, dense, edge looks fairly young. Large bq w black berries, white pepper, meat, stone dust, minerals, laurel, leather. Medium+ body w rounded tannins, nice dark fruit (both fresh and dried), nice acidity. Fairly long aftertaste, mainly w fruit and acidity. Some elegance, a "slimline Hermitage". Will last longer, but we doubt that it will get better.

2006 vintage

Still quite young and fruity with firm tannin grip, but very enjoyable. Should last at least 10 years.

2006 vintage

Dried herbs, leather, cured meat, black pepper, dark fruit. Nicely developed, in a good place now. Full bodied, med + acidity. Not the longest finish, but all in all a very good wine, for a fraction of the price of the legendary domaine wines. Giving these about 10-15 years in the cellar makes perfect sense...

2006 vintage

Deep red, showing little development Aromas of blackberries, raw meat and black olives. Opening up after some minutes in the glass. On the palate the wine has good fruit and concentration, with fine balance and good length. A nice "budget" Hermitage

2006 vintage

Tasted blind, very impressive nose, floral, rose, ripe plums, red cherries, dusty, iron, granite minerality. Palate is ripe, extremely elegant, lifted herbal note probably from whole cluster, lovely integrated oak. A Joy to drink!

2006 vintage

On the nose fresh and expressive fruit but on the palate initially quite funky and flat, not giving much. With time things get a lot better and we get slightly sweet fruit, beef stock, olive brine, soy sauce, liquorice and a we bit of smoke. The nose also opens up but the difference is not as dramatic. Good lenght. Some maturity but still has up to 10 years left, I guesstimate. Very nice.

2006 vintage

Opened two bottles. First one wonderful, pristine, lovely old-school Syrah with dark cherry-like fruit and a hint of leather, complex nose, succulent, well balanced, long after taste. The other one slightly off balance (a bit too much jam-like fruit) and not quite as charming and elegant as #1. The better one was truly awesome with lamb. It could have aged well quite a bit more.

2006 vintage

The last of four bottles. Like the previous bottle leather and barnyard direct out of the bottle, with 2 hours airing lovely, dark fruit hold in check by well integrated tannins. Will probably hold for 3-5 years more.

2006 vintage

tres belle syrah, belle finesse. un peu sur le poivre et les petits fruits noirs, belle acidité mais il manquait un peu de longueur.

2006 vintage

Dark red color with meat, white pepper and dark fruit. Very good structure and well balanced fruit. A classic northern Rhone without the excess of fruit sometimes found in cheaper copies. High class bottle that drinks well now but will improve another 2-4 years.

2006 vintage

Herbs, stable, newly cut lemon tree (according to my friend Stephan). Pommes granard, tobacco, blood.

2006 vintage

Very fragrant and quite a bit more evolved on the nose than both 2008 and 2007. Complex but a little flabby on the palate, a bit heavy and drying. 88-90.

2006 vintage

Ruby with some rust on the rim. On the nose, a fine balance of black- and raspberries, juniper, damp earth, mushrooms. It is a pronounced and complex aroma and occupies the glass well, and over several hours. The palate is quite well endowed with a good all-round structure, though some modest thinning on the mid-palate, and tanins are initially a touch drying. Med+ finish. Overall: elegant but with some swagger; very enjoyable.

2006 vintage

The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. It smells like raspberry and black currant (cassis). It tastes like cedar and black pepper. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2006 vintage

Monthly Tasting Group EEE #030; A mixed set from France (@ BD) : Consistent with my previous notes. I can add that the sweetness is showing a bit more than last time, but there is perfect acidity to compensate. Good fruits, sweet spices. In fact this wine is still quite youthful. If I had any I would cellar it at least until 2018 - 2020, because I think it has the concentration and vitality to improve in complexity.

2006 vintage

Ripe black fruits, blood, graphite and garrigue on the nose. Full bodied and chewy palate of rather ripe fruit. Black cherries, blackberries and prunes - if not raisins. Graphite, apple peel, liquorice, meat and woody notes. Long but slightly astringent finish with olive hints. Give it time and hope for the best.

2006 vintage

Monthly Tasting Group HWS #086; Syrah/Shiraz worldwide. (By BS) : Slightly carmine rim. In the bouquet ripe cherries, raspberries and herbs and spices. On the palate dark and red fruits, some leather and minerals, firm acidity and sticky tannin. Certainly a very good wine, but overall it lacks a bit in finesse. Early maturity now.

2006 vintage

This is quite alright, though just a shadow of a real Hermitage from Chave. You get what you pay for.

2006 vintage

Weekly tasting group #038; France: Rhône white and red. (@ BD) : Beautiful and complex bouquet with some sweetness, minerals, spiciness and ripe Syrah grapes. On the palate juicy, ripe black fruits, minerals and spiciness. Gripping tannin. Well balanced and nice wine. Will probably improve a bit over the next 3 or 4 years.

2006 vintage

Deuxième chance pour J.L. Chave Sélection Hermitage Farconnet, 2006 . La première bouteille m'avait beaucoup déçu par sa simplicité ... Nez poivré, cendré avec une pointe animale La bouche n'est pas à la hauteur du nez. C'est court, il y a une pointe d'amertume qu'accompagne le cuir. Le vin est trop court en bouche

2006 vintage

Fullbodied with darkfruit and meat...almost aussie shiraz style on the nose, however the palate was more northern rhone with black olives, peppar. Tannins integrated well, quite acidic in positive way. I am the type who prefers my northern rhone wines young where the character is more to the spicy and meaty style. By young I d like to think 4 years within the vintage...at least for crozes hermitage, cornas lesser cote roties and hermitage (such as this).

2006 vintage

On the nose barnyard and leather in the beginning overpowering the black fruit. Solid but smooth tannins hold the wine in balance. Fruity, earthy, yummy... mmmmmmmmmmm

2006 vintage

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