Château Chauvin: Tasting & Drinking
The wines of Château Chauvin are rich, substantial and confident in character, with plenty of savoury flavour and impressive grip. I have a few older vintages tucked away in the cellar, as yet unbroached, but more recent vintages tasted in Bordeaux have shown much promise. The 2016, 2015 and 2010 vintages in particular are welcoming, enticing, rounded and generous wines, with a huge amount of potential for future development. I would happily drink any one of them, and I am glad that the wines seem to maintain a better sense of balance than some of their more turbo-charged peers.
How well they age remains something that warrants investigation, although with good layers of tannin and intense fruit, I see no reason why vintages such as 2015 and 2016 wouldn’t go for fifteen or maybe twenty years, depending on whether you prefer youthful fruit or interesting maturity. You can count me in the latter camp.
Having said that, with Sylvie Cazes at the head here now, and with some recent investment and fine-tuning of how the domaine is run, I would not be surprised if we see an rise in quality and interest here over the next decade. (3/8/17)
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