Domaine Chave vintage?

If you're going to have perfect provenance, then '83 or '91. Why not aim high?

Other ones I'd love to try again are '82, '88, '89, '93, '95.
 
In no particular order as I like these all a lot, '83, '88, '89, '90, '91, '95 as top candidates. Below that, '99, '98, '97, '94, '85.
 
88 and 89 to drink. Everything else is a step below.

The 90 if points are important but the bottles I've had are bigger and possibly woodier (cue Claude) but not as in proportion as the 88 and 89.
 
Thanks for the input. I haven't really done much chave since i visited four years ago. But this is an opportunity I dont want to screw up. i get to call the vintages. and 88 and 89 sound great, i'd want it pre-J-L, and I want those vintages to show up from B. Mascarello.
 
originally posted by Alice F.:
Thanks for the input. I haven't really done much chave since i visited four years ago. But this is an opportunity I dont want to screw up. i get to call the vintages. and 88 and 89 sound great, i'd want it pre-J-L, and I want those vintages to show up from B. Mascarello.
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You disappoint me. I didn't think you were one of those people who "do" wines.

Separately: Mascarello? Are you comparing vintages of Barolo to vintages of Hermitage? A syrah/nebbiolo Death Match, perchance?
 
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
The couple of times I had it, the '88 was a beauty.
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I'd take the '88 over the '91, having had both. I wouldn't look askance at the '83, either.

Mark Lipton
 
Death Match! Well, white truffles will be involved. The gentleman bringing the wines has a chave heavy cellar, If he gets to have truffles, then he has to pony up the wines, and I'm crossing my fingers there will be some Bartolo as well. I don't get to point fingers at bottles very often so I want to make sure I'm as greedy as I can be.
 
at your own peril.

In a recent Chave vertical it was clearly a class of it's own. Points don't have a fucking thing to do with it.

I also prefer the 1988 to the 1991 which are in a similar vein.

The 1995 is the best wine of the 1990s to my palate, excluding 1990, but it is still a bit young.
 
In a "vertical tasting" I can see how one would like the 1990. It is "more". Especially since you drink your Cornas too young.

If I had any 1990, I'd be selling it. If I had any 1989, I'd be planning a meal around it.

You are correct about the 1995. I also prefer it to anything else from the 90s with the possible exception of the 98. And both are still babies.
 
originally posted by mlawton:
In a "vertical tasting" I can see how one would like the 1990. It is "more". Especially since you drink your Cornas too young.

If I had any 1990, I'd be selling it. If I had any 1989, I'd be planning a meal around it.

You are correct about the 1995. I also prefer it to anything else from the 90s with the possible exception of the 98. And both are still babies.
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I've had the 1990 in many contexts and it has never failed to be incredible. If I was a YMMV guy, I might say "YMMV", but I'm not so you are either being contrarian or have a flawed palate.

I thought about selling my remaining bottles when the price was climbing towards $900, but I just couldn't do it. Anything else in my cellar would be gone at such a multiple of what I paid but this is one of the great wines of my lifetime.

I have no problem being pilloried for this view. I also like a whiff of fine new oak in my white Burgundy.

The 1989 is good too.
 
The 92 is very nice - would of course be overshadowed by the other vintages being discussed, but still, it is very good for current drinking and shows what they can do year in a year out.

I would think the 94 would also be just about perfect now (it was just a tad young 2-3 years ago).
 
I've never had the '89 or '90 :( but the '88 and '91 are both beautiful beautiful wines. The '95 is probably the best "young" vintage though the last time I had it it required considerable decanting. Actually, Joe has some recent experience in that regard and will hopefully comment.
 
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