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Château Clarke
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2022
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Floral, fruity, and fresh, with blackberries, and chocolate-accented black currants and cherries, the wine is medium-bodied, creamy, and fruity from start to finish. Chateau Clarke is one of the very few wines in the Medoc that is planted to 100% Merlot. Drink from 2025-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,707 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, with an oaky edge to the layers of black and red cherries, herbs, licorice, cocoa and espresso. There is a nice softness to the fruits on the mid-palate that carries through to the finish. This is one of the few wines this year that is showing much better in the bottle than it did from barrel, hence, the higher score. Chateau Clarke is one very few wines in the Medoc planted to 100% Merlot. Drink from 2024-2036. 159 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
2020
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Chewy, leafy, savory, earthy, chalky currants with leafy accents and a hint of spice is what you will find in the nose and on the medium-bodied, fresh, earthy, classic, slightly rustic palate. Drink from 2023-2038. 568 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Sweet, ripe black cherries and earth form the core of this wine. Medium-bodied, with a dusty textured finish, this will be fine to drink and enjoy in its youth. 87-89 Pts 1,026 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
The nose is on the floral and orange side of the style range, with a round-textured, core of tropical-accented orange and yellow citrus. This is ready to go and should be consumed over the next few years. Drink from 2023-2026. 1,580 Views Tasted Sep 10, 2023 |
2019
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Fresh, bright, soft and savory, with a tangy, crisp, red pit fruit-focused, medium-bodied palate and a tangy finish. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and will be best in its fruit-forward, exuberant youth. Drink from 2022-2032. 2,086 Views Tasted Apr 10, 2022 |
2018
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Medicinal cherries, spice and tobacco leaf aromas mesh with ripe, sweet lush cherries, dusty tannins and black raspberries with olives in the medium-bodied finish. Chateau Clarke is one very few wines in the Medoc planted with a preponderance of Merlot. 1,916 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Ripe, round, medium-bodied, sweet and with plenty of dark red berries and thyme to go around, you can drink this early in life. Chateau Clarke is one very few wines in the Medoc planted to 100% Merlot. 86-88 Pts 2,343 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château Clarke Le Merle Blanc (Bordeaux)
Bright, fresh, crisp, light yellow citrus with a touch of flowers and honey on the nose and palate make this perfect for easy summer quaffing. This is fully developed and should be opened over the next year or two. 1,067 Views Tasted Jan 12, 2022 |
2017
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Fresh, bright, crisp, medium-bodied wine in a classic style, focused on its red currants, herb, cedar and earthy character. 1,802 Views Tasted Aug 30, 2020 |
2016
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, classic, firm, bright, crisp and fresh, the sweet and tart red berry fruit shines easily in the nose and on the palate here. 4,682 Views Tasted Sep 23, 2019 |
2015
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
One of the few wines in the Medoc with vineyards planted to 100% Merlot, the wine is light to medium bodied, with a crisp bright, red berry, cedar and tobacco character with some tartness in the finish. 2,114 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018The wine is medium bodied and focused on fresh, red fruits, leaving you with a sweet and tart, clipped finish. 84-86 Pts 2,430 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2016 |
2014
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Medium bodied, austere, bright, spicy, earthy, sweet and tart red fruits that is quite classic in style. 3,593 Views Tasted Jul 10, 2017 |
2012
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
One of the few wines in the Medoc with vineyards planted to 100% Merlot, the wine is medium bodied, focused on fresh, red fruits, leaving you with a sweet and tart, clipped finish. 2,225 Views Tasted May 25, 2016Perhaps the only 100% Merlot wine from the Medoc is more on the tart, bright, crisp strawberry and red cherry side of the style range. This will be best in its first few years of life. 2,310 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015 |
2010
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Simple and easy drinking, with a soft, black cherry, thyme and espresso bean, medium bodied personality for early drinking. Made from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. 3,735 Views Tasted Jan 31, 2015 |
2009
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Soft, open and with quite a bit of charm in its earthy, cassis and thyme filled personality, the generous finish has a nice supple quality. 4,587 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2015 |
2005
Château Clarke (Listrac-Médoc)
Stoic and firm in character, the nose, with its tobacco, wet earth, spice, cassis and cherry aromatics are the best part of the wine. There is an austerity on the palate that will definitely appeal to lovers of older, so called classic wines more than it did to me. 3,972 Views Tasted Sep 23, 2016 |