Sunday, February 1st, 2009
91 / B+
Tasted by Mike Supple - 05 Dec 2008
Dark purple core with a touch of fuchsia on the rim. Lots of coffee on the nose with some candied cherry, fresh herbs and a touch of smoke and chalk all surrounded by orange zest and cut roses. The coffee continues fairly strong on the front palate, though this is likely to fade and integrate with the fruit over the next couple of years as it ages. Sour cherries, earth and slate are matched by toasty oak on the finish. The tannins are fairly bold and chewy, yet well balanced. Give this one 3 or 4 years to calm down, and it will drink really well for a decade.
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Tags: 2006, bordeaux, candy, chalk, cherry, clos, coffee, cut, earth, france, fuchsia, herb, manou, medoc, oak, orange, purple, red, red wine, rose, slate, smoke, sour, toast, wine, zest
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
89-92 / NA
Tasted by Mike Supple - 01 Apr 2008
Black and ruby core with a bright pink rim. Bold herbal aromas over blackberry and slate. Lush fruit entry and very fine tannins make a great mouthfeel. Plum and blackberry with lingering coffee flavors.
This wine is not yet released from the winery, thus it has no price or value grade.
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Tags: 2007, blackberry, bordeaux, clos, coffee, Fourtet, france, herb, plum, red wine, slate, St-Emilion
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
86 - 88 / NA
Tasted by Mike Supple - 01 Apr 2008
Medium dark purple and ruby in the glass. Herbal aromas with charcoal, dark cherry and blackberry. Smooth and rich in the mouth, this wine is almost drinkable now. With a little more age, this should be a very nice easy drinker upon release.
This wine is not yet released from the winery, thus it has no price or value grade.
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Tags: 2007, Badon, blackberry, Blend, bordeax, charcoal, cherry, clos, france, herb, red, red wine, St-Emilion, Thunevin
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
89 / A-
Tasted by Mike Supple - 14 Feb 2008
Dark purple core with a tinge of pink on the rim. A bit reductive on the nose, but gives way to blueberry, raspberry, black cherry and lighter strawberry aromas after a few minutes. Cedar spice, leather and slate support the dark fruits. On the palette the wine is medium to full bodied leading to fairly bold tannic structure on the finish. Perfumed notes of baby powder and rose petals lead to plum and black cherry on the mid-palate with a darker finish of cedar, leather, wet earth and slate.
This wine takes a very long time to show its true value right now. It needs to be open for several hours before being agreeable, but once open for a couple of days the aromas and flavors really started to come out. Good quality wines from Chateauneuf often cost a lot of money. This is priced very reasonably and will be a very good wine with another 3 or so years in the bottle. However, if you don’t have that patience, pour it into a decanter (or any large pitcher with space for oxygen) and give it several hours.
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Tags: blueberry, cedar, Chateauneuf, Chateauneuf du Pape, cherry, cinsault, clos, Clos de l'Oratoire, france, grenache, leather 2005, mike supple, mourvedre, oratoire, Pape, raspberry, red wine, Rhone, rose, rouge, Southern, strawberry, Syrah, wine
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