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A very intense nose: ripe blackberry and wild strawberry with a note of pain grille developing with aeration. The delineation is “muffled” but the dominance of the new oak. The palate is very concentrated, dense but I have to say, does not really go anywhere. Very good acidity, but there is not lift, no transcendental passage on the mid-palate. Pure, quite sexy in a way, but I definitely prefer the regular 1990. Tasted August 2005.
Saturated deep ruby-red. Aromas of sweet blackcurrant, black raspberry, minerals and smoked meat; superripe but almost magically fresh. The thickest, sweetest and longest of any of these wines, but developing extremely slowly. Dark berry and mineral flavors coat those hard-to-reach areas of the palate. Great persistence. The Chaves have always played down the influence of new barrels in their Hermitage, but I get a distinct finishing flavor of smoky oak that merely adds to the wine complexity.