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Clos l'Église (Pomerol)
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2023
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Chocolate mint, flowers, plums, truffle, black cherries, licorice, and herbs create the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its layers of silky, sensuous, velvety fruits that linger. The finish is all about the sexy, chocolate-drenched, sweet, elegant plums. The wine is deep, concentrated, opulent, and sexy. Picture molten dark chocolate-coated, black plums coating your palate with lingering, sweet, fresh, lifted fruits that stick with you. The harvest took place September 12-13 for the Merlot and October 1 for the Cabernet Franc. The blend is 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc ever used in the blend. 14% ABV 3.7 pH. Drink from 2028-2050. 94-96 Pts. 2,844 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Deeply colored, the wine is floral, with chocolate, plum, licorice, smoke, and truffle accents. The wine is deep, concentrated, opulent, and sexy. Picture molten dark chocolate-coated, black plums coating your palate with lingering fruits, and a touch salt that slides in at the end of the long, finish. This is a new level of quality for Clos L'Eglise! The harvest took place September 9 - September 29. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc ever used in the blend. 15% ABV 3.75 pH. Drink from 2027-2050. 95-97 Pts. 3,880 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Vibrant, elegant, round, and supple, the wine is loaded with red and black plums, cherries, chocolate, spice, licorice. and a dash of citrus. There is ample richness, depth, and energy here coupled with sensuous textures, and vibrancy, that while able to be enjoyed with just a modicum of aging, it has the ability to age and develop for up to two decades. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2045. 1,134 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Deeply colored, the wine is plush, soft, round and rich, with a silky, plummy, chocolate and wet earth character. The wine is richly-textured, elegant, deep and fresh, with a black cherry, licorice, cocoa infused finish that feels just great on your palate. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. The harvest took place September 27 - September 30. Drink from 2024-2045. 93-95 2,007 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
With all the flowers, chocolate, black cherries, truffles and licorice you could hope for, the perfume lets you know you are in for a treat. The inky dark color leads the way to a full-bodied, rich and concentrated wine that is opulent, lush, silky and fresh, finishing with layer after layer of perfectly ripe, sweet, sensuously-textured, plums and black cherries. Drink from 2025-2055. 4,694 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Almost opaque in color, the wine jumps from the glass with its showy display of black cherries, Valrhona chocolate, ripe plums, smoke, licorice and wet earth. Full-bodied, rich and concentrated, the wine is lush, velvety and opulent in texture, leaving you with an array of chocolate-covered red pit fruits and silky, sensuous textures. This could be my favorite vintage of Clos L'Eglise produced yet. 95-97 Pts 7,218 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Rich, lush, opulent and polished, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and packed with perfectly ripe, dark plums, black cherries, coffee beans, truffle, licorice and very dark chocolate. But it is on the palate where the wine starts to sing due to all of its layers of sexy, supple-textured fruits. The finish packs a punch with its chocolate-covered, dark red pit fruits and espresso. The finish is fresh, pure, long and rich. Drink from 2025-2047. 3,746 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Black and blue fruit, dark, bitter chocolate, flowers, smoke, cherries, plums, wet earth and forest floor aromatics open the perfume. But it is on the palate where the wine really rocks with its layers of concentrated, rich, opulent, sex bomb textured fruits. The finish packs a punch with its chocolate-covered, dark red, silky pit fruits. The wine was made from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, reaching 14.5% ABV. 95-97 Pts 6,806 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Dark in color, the wine pops right off the bat with an array of aromatics. Flowers, truffle, smoke, licorice, black cherry and raspberry liqueur consume your nose. On the palate, the wine is rich, seductive, sensuous and silky. Full-bodied, concentrated, opulent and velvety, everything here is in perfect proportion. The finish feels so good, it is impossible not to take another sip. This superb Pomerol will age effortlessly for 3 decades. 4,162 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Powerful, plummy, silky, deep and fresh, this full-bodied wine is long and filled with dark, red pit fruits, chocolate, espresso and violets. Give this velvet textured beauty a decade to age and it is going to be superb! 94-96 Pts 5,071 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Dark chocolate, plum and truffle notes are the first things you notice. Full bodied, lush, rich, ripe and fresh, the wine offers a lot of minerality, cocoa and ripe, juicy plums. The wine was made from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. 4,228 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Full bodied, rich, sexy, lush and polished, this is a hedonistic treat loaded with truffle and plums. There is length, purity and sex appeal here with the ability to age and evolve for at least 2 to 3 decades with ease. 4,986 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Rich, lush opulent, multi faceted wine with layers of black plums, chocolate, black cherries, licorice, truffle and wet earth. Sexy in its nature, this is just a beauty. 5,872 Views Tasted May 19, 2018Fertile, intense, opulent, dark chocolate-covered plums, this wine is fat and sassy with freshness, fruit and length, leaving you with a lavish sensation in the finish. The wine comes from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, reaching 14% with a pH of 3.7. 3,388 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Powerful, plummy, rich and hedonistic, the opulent, sexy, plush, chocolate finish is a treat. 6,983 Views Tasted Jul 12, 2017A blanket of deep, dark, red punctuated with peppery aromatics and complicated by black cherry liqueur, flowers, caramel, truffle and licorice, this wine is rich, full-bodied and concentrated with silky, supple textures and a fiery, fresh finish. The Merlot harvest started September 8, finishing September 15. The Cabernet Franc was picked in one day, September 23. The blend is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. 94 - 96 Pts 4,262 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2016 |
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2014
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Medium/full bodied, with just a hint of truffles already peeking through the plums. Add some espresso bean, flowers and earth and you are almost there. Soft, polished with a bit of dryness in the spicy finish. Give this 5 years in the bottle to develop more complexity. 3,454 Views Tasted Jul 2, 2017A truffle, black cherry and floral perfume opens this soft, polished and silky wine. The plush chocolate and plum finish feels luxurious in the mouth. 93-94 Pts 3,542 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2015 |
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2013
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Medium bodied, with an earthy, black cherry, wet earth and leafy personality, the wine is fresh, leaving you a bright, black raspberry finish with a touch of oak in the end note. 2,970 Views Tasted May 25, 2016Featuring a depth of color for the vintage, the nose delivers toasted oak, incense, coffee bean and black plum. Soft and polished, there is a lot of oak in the soft, polished black plum-filled finish. From yields of 25 hectoliters per hectare, 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc comprises the blend. The wine reached 13% ABV with a pH of 3.65. 90-92 Pts. 3,449 Views Tasted Apr 25, 2014 |
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2012
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Filled with plush, round, soft, rich fruits that linger with their core of fresh, lush, silky plums, cocoa, espresso licorice and black cherries. 6,329 Views Tasted May 15, 2015Concentrated, dense, fleshy, rich, fat and flashy, this sexy Pomerol is packed with oak, ripe, riper and overripe plums, cherries and chocolate. Lush in texture, this is a decadent style of Pomerol. 92-95 Pts 6,751 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Fresh brewed espresso, black raspberry, licorice and dark chocoalte aromas pair with the wines round, lush, open character, finishing with sweet, cherries and cocoa. 4,665 Views Tasted May 20, 2014Coffee, chocolate, plum, earth, flora, black cherryl and vanilla aromas were in full force. From a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, and reaching 14.2% ABV, the wine ended with supple, fresh cocoa and black raspberry. 90-93 Pts 4,592 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2012Clos L’Eglise, the only Pomerol at the tasting, the wine opened with chocolate, floral, oak and boysenberry aromas. From an assemblage of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, at 14.2% ABV, this tasty, flashy Bordeaux wine ended with fresh, cocoa and black raspberry. 90-93 Pts 3,748 Views Tasted Mar 16, 2012 |
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2010
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Concentrated with sweet, ripe, lush, concentrated, dark red berries, that are complicated with the addition of dark cherry, even darker chocolate and truffle. Plush textures, depth of flavor and energy make everything work here. Give it another 5 years and this will be even better. 4,274 Views Tasted Mar 19, 2017Plush, fat, dense and rich, with silky, ripe tannins, layers of chocolate covered plums, earth, licorice, oak and smoke, the wine is polished, deep and complex, ending with a long, black cherry liqueur filled finish. 4,550 Views Tasted May 7, 2013Clos L’Eglise, From 80% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc 14.5% ABV deep purple color, mocha, chocolate, flowers, black raspberry, vanilla and truffle scents. Mouth filling, lush and opulent, the wine ends with a long, deep, jammy blackberry and licorice sensation. 93-95 Pts 4,334 Views Tasted Mar 14, 2011 |
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2009
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Dark in color, the wine is loaded with truffles, smoke, espresso, flowers and juicy, sweet plums. Full-bodied, concentrated and lush, there is a serious depth of flavor and layers of ripe, sweet, dark berries dipped in chocolate in the finish. I'd lay this down another 3-5 more years for more oak integration and additional nuances. 4,146 Views Tasted Sep 20, 20192009 Clos L’Eglise is deeply colored. From vineyards located next to the chateau on the break in the Pomerol plateau, where the terroir consists of argile clay with gravel and iron deposits. The pungent nose is filled with fresh blackberry, plum liqueur, violets, espresso, chocolate fudge, and dark cherry aromas, making the wine a pleasure to sniff. With intensity of flavors, this opulently textured wine coats your palate. It finishes in waves of flamboyantly textured chocolate covered plums. 96-98 Pts 9,201 Views Tasted Jul 27, 2010 |
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2008
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Chocolate, black raspberry jam, earth, mocha and vanilla scents make up the interesting perfume. Full bodied and round in texture, the wine finishes with a long, plum and black cherry finish. 6,722 Views Tasted Mar 11, 201108 Château Clos L’Eglise is produced from 100% merlot with the help of Dr. Alain Raynaud. Located across the street from L’Eglise Clinet and around the corner from Clinet, the vineyard sits on rich clay and gravel soil. Deep ruby, with aromatics of spice, black plums, flowers, and mocha, this is a rich, full bodied wine. Your palate is treated to concentrated layers of ripe, chocolate covered black fruit with opulent textures. 93-96 Pts 5,218 Views Tasted Jul 30, 2009 |
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2007
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Mature, medium bodied, holding on to its freshness. Slightly lean, but still charming, with enough, dark cherry fruits and herbs to keep you busy. This is not a wine to hold, as it's close to peak today. 3,314 Views Tasted Jul 2, 2017Mature, medium bodied, holding on to its freshness. Slightly lean, but still charming, with enough, dark cherry fruits and herbs to keep you busy. This is not a wine to hold, as it's close to peak today. 3,691 Views Tasted Mar 19, 2017 |
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2006
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Still deep in color, with some lightening at the edges, licorice, truffle, dark chocolate, coconut, and plums create the nose. Still young, concentrated, fresh and full bodied with a plummy, focused, structured style that demands at least another 5 -7 more years in the bottle to help the oak better integrate. 3,134 Views Tasted May 25, 2016Based on two bottles, the wine is rapidly maturing. The color has lightened and secondary aromas of earth, truffle, cocoa, dark cherry and spice were beginning to make themselves known. Medium/full bodied, round, soft and filled with a melange of ripe cherries, if these bottles were correct, I'd opt for drinking this over the next decade. 3,890 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2012 |
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2005
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Chocolate covered strawberries, licorice, smoke, spice and espresso are a treat in the nose. The richly-textured palate is even better with its luscious-layers of ripe black cherries, dark chocolate, licorice, and hint of chalk that shows in the finish. A quick splash decant is all that’s needed. Drink from 2024-2036. 3,723 Views Tasted May 18, 2024Continuing to soften, fill out, and integrate, the wine is soft, silky, and loaded with earthy cherries, plums, truffles, and flowers on the nose and palate, finishing with polished, red pit fruits, spice, and wet earth. At close to 20 years of age, this is just about ready to hit its sweet spot. Drink from 2023-2040. 3,298 Views Tasted Feb 13, 2023This is developing quite nicely. Still packed with deep, dark fruits, chocolate, truffle, espresso, wet earth and a touch of spice, the wine is full-bodied, there is a solid depth of flavor, length and energy in the finish. The tannins are soft, silky and polished. This is quite nice today, but it remains youthful, so another 3-5 years will be beneficial to the wine. 4,342 Views Tasted Apr 10, 2022If you’re in the mood for smoky truffles, licorice and dark plums, you came to the right place. Especially if you're seeking lush, sweet, silky berries, and a touch of oak along with some tannin that remains needing to resolve. The wine is offering great pleasure now and will only get better with a more time in the cellar. 8,414 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2015Molten, black cherry with licorice, plums and mocha tease and please the nose. This wine is filled with layers of rich, ripe, black fruit that unfolds over your palate. The tannins are sweet. This full bodied, hedonistic wine feels round in your mouth. The only flaw at this point is the slight touch of oak in the finish. That will in all probability become fully integrated as the wine ages and evolves. This is a stylish example of Pomerol. 7,207 Views Tasted Jun 15, 2008 |
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2004
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
An early drinking vintage from this chateau, which normally takes a lot longer to come around. There is a nice touch of dark chocolate on top of the red and black plums, herbs and earthy, medium bodied characteristics. Close to mature, this could improve and soften a bit with time, but it's drinking well today. 4,491 Views Tasted Aug 16, 2015Mostly secondary notes in the nose with truffle, licorice, smoke and wet earth. The fruit is fading. Fully mature and requiring consumption, drink this sooner than later for the last of its soft, spicy red berries. 4,421 Views Tasted Nov 30, 2014Already open and offering pleasure with its coffee, black cherry, chocolate and plum personality. Lush, round, and forward, this sweet, plush modern Pomerol is not going to make old bones. I'd drink it over the next decade or so. 3,965 Views Tasted Dec 11, 2012 |
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2002
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Fully mature, the wine is medium-bodied, earthy, slightly leafy with truffle, coffee bean and plum notes. A little stoic on the palate with chewy plums, cherries and espresso in the finish. 3,540 Views Tasted Sep 9, 2020 |
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2001
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
It blasts off with an explosive perfume with touches of vanilla, roasted blackberries and coffee. Thick, rich and dense palate feel. Very concentrated. Some tannin remains. Long, sensual finish. There is a lot to like in this wine. 5,961 Views Tasted Jan 15, 2011Great palate texture that's filled with layers of ripe, rich, round, concentrated dark, Bordeaux fruit. Silky tannins and layers of polished fruit are the hallmarks of this wine. A touch of oak is discerned in the finish, but that should eventually become absorbed into the wine. Already open, this will improve. I liked it so much, I tried buying more of this Pomerol the next day. 5,150 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2008 |
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2000
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
At 20, the wine is ready. Concentrated, soft, plush, and polished with notes of plums, espresso, smoke, thyme, and savory cherries with the right touch of cocoa on the nose and palate in the finish. 3,014 Views Tasted Sep 13, 2021Just about to enter its prime time window, this hedonistic thriller comes with layers of opulently textured, chocolate-covered black cherries, dark plums, smoke, licorice and espresso beans. Rich, full and deep, with length and a sensually textured, lush finish, this is ready to go! 4,654 Views Tasted Oct 21, 2019This greets you with a chocolate, floral, black plum perfume. This fat, rich, round, mouth filling wine is intense and opulently textured. The finish ends with ripe, dark fruit flavors with a hint of chocolate covered licorice. 5,201 Views Tasted Mar 5, 2010 |
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1999
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, and at its apogee, or slightly past, you still find a plum filled, round wine with truffle, cocoa, smoke, espresso and black cherries on the nose and on the soft-textured palate. If you are holding any, it is time to drink up. 2,861 Views Tasted Oct 8, 2020 |
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1998
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Drinking at close to its apogee, the full-bodied, richly textured wine is loaded with dark chocolate-covered plums, smoke, licorice, black cherry and earthy accents. Lush, hedonistic, full, long and opulent, 30-60 minutes in the decanter seems to be the right call. 4,769 Views Tasted Jul 19, 2021What a difference 22 years of aging can do for a wine. The oak has completely faded away. Now, the opulent, silky, luscious fruits are what gets your focus. Concentrated, sensuous and packed with chocolate-covered black cherries and truffle, this is at peak and should remain here for at least another 10-15 years, if well stored. Pomerol is an expensive wine region. But for a wine of this quality, at maturity, prices are reasonable for wine at this level. 4,409 Views Tasted Dec 25, 2019Lush, rich, sexy and concentrated, the wine is concentrated, fresh and deep, with a blast of oak, licorice, dark chocolate, flowers, black raspberry and earthy notes. Secondary, with room to improve, you can pop a cork today, or wait another 5 more years. 4,187 Views Tasted Jul 19, 2015This has really continued to improve over the years. The oak has melded into the wine. It's rich, ripe, chocolately, sexy, opulent and silky. The fruit is lush, polished and long. The wine is elegance with a dash of decadence tossed in for good measure. This is best showing yet for this Pomerol. Drink now, or give it a few more years as it will only get better from here. the wine was decanted for about 2 hours before serving. 4,303 Views Tasted Aug 25, 2014Chocolate covered boysenberries, violets, coffee, brown sugar and smoke aromas come out with little effort. Soft, round, and opulent in texture, the wine finishes with smoky black cherries and some dryness. This is ready to drink. 5,478 Views Tasted Dec 17, 2013One of my favorite things about tasting is being surprised about a wine that in previous tastings, I was not too happy about. I might be forced to retract my previous reservations about Clos L’Eglise Pomerol. Bitter chocolate, floral, boysenberry, black cherry, smoke, truffle and vanilla make up the complex aromatics. The palate is pure silk and velvet with a richness that would please most hedonistic tasters. The black cherry and fudge finish has a minor sensation of dryness and vanilla in the end note. My previous reservations about the wine were based on too much of an oaky sensation. At 14 years of age, and an hour in the glass, it looks like I was wrong. As I have a few more bottles left, it will be interesting to see how this wine continues to develop. 5,166 Views Tasted May 29, 2012Oak, coffee, truffle, licorice, plums and coconut in the nose.. The fruit was sweet with round textures. The plummy, chocolate finish was marred by too much oak. The wine is not a problem yet. But at 12 years of age, it's an issue when a wine shows this much oak, It's possible this wine will dry out in another decade. This would have been better with less oak. The chateau has cut back on the amount of new oak used these days. 4,687 Views Tasted Jan 21, 2011Dark ruby color. Jammy plums, caramel, smoke, truffle, spice and chocolate in the nose. Deep, dense, full bodied and rich. Chocolate covered blackbery, boysenberry and dark cherry, are easily found in the finish. The only minor issue with the wine is a hint of oak in the ending notes. 5,229 Views Tasted May 18, 2009Very dense and sexy in the mouth. Intense sensations of chocolate and very ripe, black plums and dark raspberry are easy to find. This is another 98 that has continued getting better since release. Everything is coming together. Still young, this wine has a lot of positive evolution in its future. 5,009 Views Tasted Oct 14, 2008Plum, espresso, vanilla, anise, dark chocolate, black cherry and floral elements start off this wine. Full bodied, lusty and rich, this dense wine ends with a sexy palate presence. Still young and tannic. Give it a few more years. 4,937 Views Tasted Aug 31, 2007 |
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1985
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Minty, cherries, tobacco, Indian spice on the nose. Medium-bodied, bright, brisk, earthy, red fruits with a peppery, leafy, light weight, mid-palate. Fully mature, the wine requires drinking. Drink from 2024-2029. 1,183 Views Tasted Jan 29, 2024 |
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1955
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
55 Clos L'Eglise was a wine I had never seen before. Based on this bottle, with a very good fill, sadly, it is a wine I hope not to see again. Some truffle, earth and tobacco notes were hanging on, but this was dead on arrival. Other than color, a quick whif of earth and tobacco, a short, tart finish was the best the wine could muster. It went downhill from there. 2,597 Views Tasted Nov 22, 2007 |
