Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Acker auction @ marea — 11 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Jlchave tasting @ the modern — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Epic night of Chave tonight with JL leading the tasting direct from his cellar. Group liked the newer 16 & 18 although the 04 was youthful & fresh — 2 months ago

Jonathan Warren

9.6

Unreal. Still so young but drinking beautiful. — 4 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.7

1985. 40 years young. Gave it an hour to open up before dinner (paired orange ginger glazed duck with pistachio apricot farro). Thankfully my partner is a master of the Durand. There’s very little for me to compare this too - most aged whites are preserved by acid; Chave relies on glycerol here. It gives the wine gravitas but also life and freshness. Pleasant wood veneer/wood shop notes, dried apricots at first (become fresher with time), yellow plum, truffled earth. Salty poached apricots and timelessness. In a perfect world, we’d be sharing this with my dad. Strange & sensational. — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.6

Jlchave tasting @ the modern — 2 months ago

Rich Raleigh

9.6

SILO in San Antonio - with Rhea and Ralph and Brantley — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Youthful & rich from a hot year — a month ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Leftovers from our 2nd Annual, “Bierock Bonaza: Let’s have some funza with Runza”.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of three hours. The 2015 pours a deep ruby with a slightly purple tinge and a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of lightly stewed, spiced strawberry, ripe fig, and cherry lozenges, red flowers, green herbs, with a touch of leather, and a mix of organic and inorganic rocky earth. Just the faintest hint of mouse. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. The alcohol is also medium+. Delicious. Drink now through 2030.
— 2 months ago

Ryan Colthorp

8.9

Big fruity nose. Dark purple hues. Big, but easy drinking. Plums. Cherries. Vanilla. — 2 months ago