This pours deep gold in the glass. The nose is mature and on the downslope of bruised apple, lightly nutty oxidation, toasted almond, dried bay leaf, and dried lemon rind. The palate shows solid medium acid keeping some vibrance, while the light nutty oxidation and dried lemon peel shows this is a little tired. There is also a sense of waxyness and salinity to the texture here. All in all this is a nice bottle of Chave Hermitage Blanc if a little below the expectations one might have for such a bottle and a little further down the development curve than you might expect.

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