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When choosing a wine, consulting tasting notes can offer some valuable insight. We can all be guilty of just scanning for scores, but when picking a wine to drink now, there’s a more important number to look at – the ‘drink from’ date.
A question of pleasure
When I visited Jean-Louis Chave last October I was lucky enough to taste something very special: his 2020 Cuvée Cathelin. It’s a Hermitage bottling he makes only in the best years. I also tasted a mature vintage of his classic Hermitage, the 2001, a less vaunted year.
Which was better? No question – the 2020 Cuvée Cathelin. Which would I like to drink? That’s easy – the 2001 classic Hermitage.
Scroll down to see notes and scores (and drinking windows) for 10 wines that are ready to drink now
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Ten top wines ready to drink now:
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{“wineId”:”62273″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80054″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80055″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80056″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80057″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80058″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80059″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
{“wineId”:”80060″,”displayCase”:”standard”,”paywall”:true}
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