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Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin 1991

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Rhône, France

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
Rhône France
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    378

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    4

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Cuvée Cathelin, named after the artist Bernard Cathelin, a friend of the Chave family who designed the label for this wine which was first released in 1990. When it comes to extremely exclusive wines in extremely limited production, the trip typically goes to Burgundy. But Rhône can also join on the big stage. Domaine Chave's Hermitage Cuvée Cathelin is not only the best and most exclusive wine from the region, but also one of the smallest pro...

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The best wine of Acker’s 200th Anniversary Gala that I tried was a 1991 J.L. Chave Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin. This wine always achieves 99 points; I have written this wine up on this level before and will refer to the last time I wrote it up properly: While by no means mature, the additional nuances and style of the 1991 Cathelin obviously showed more development than the 2003, but it still felt like a very young wine. What amazed me about the 1991 was its silky personality. This was not a bomb like the 2003, and I could see even more Jean-Louis’ insistence that Cathelin was a different wine and expression of a given vintage. Its fruit was again on the black side, with more purple and light ink edges. Smoked meats and fireplace crackles of the God of War mixed with violets and wildflowers from the Goddess of Love. It had a long, sensual finish, unfurling slowly, surely and sexily. It was creamy but not heavy; there was a grace and elegance to the 1991, and it danced like a ballerina on my palate. It also was dripping with diamonds, sparkling in every which (and rich) way. I just realized I totally forgot about this wine in my Top Wines of the Year article in 2017! Those auction tasters are impossible for me to keep track…but I won’t forget it again (99).

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Wonderfully vivid and intense with notes of meat, olive and black cherry on the nose. Very northern Rhône, with a hint of medicine. Just so perfumed. The palate has notes of seaside and iodine, as well as fresh, structured raspberry and cherry fruit. Great acidity and structure make this an angular wine, but it’s quite a beautiful one, too, showing great typicity. The edges here seem to highlight the beauty. 97/100

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Mauves, Rhône

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