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2008 Clos Fourtet
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 60
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sastewart wrote: 93 points
April 5, 2024 - Decanted 3 hours ahead. Black and blue fruit along with a beautiful touch of minerality on the nose. Medium bodied with beautiful acidity and good tannins for structure. Raspberry and black fruits along with limestone and secondary notes of tobacco and spice. Classic style. First of 6 purchased as futures and stored at 55 degrees. In a good place, I'll drink mine over the next 7-10 years. 93 points
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Miceri Likes this wine: 90 points
March 1, 2024 - From memory: Requires some air before unfolding, appears a bit jammy, perhaps slightly over the top; nice drinking after a while, but not a blockbuster
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Vl.antonoff Likes this wine: 92 points
August 7, 2022 - Young. 2h in decanter. Need to keep. 2025-
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Hendmo wrote: 91 points
May 14, 2022 - Good intensity on the entry, with delicious and slightly spicy plums and blackberries, before the mid palate adds some tertiary elements of forest floor, tobacco, ink and slate. Perhaps very slightly leaner than I would have liked on the mid palate as far as fruit goes, which makes it tend slightly towards tertiary/mineral side, but it’s still a delicious wine, and puts on a bit more weight again into the medium length finish with blackberries, plums tobacco, slate and delicate spices lingering. Clearly a quality wine, with perhaps the vintage showing through in the slightly more savoury/mineral/tertiary mid palate. Ready to drink with at least two hours decant.
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achim_berg@icloud.com Likes this wine: 92 points
March 5, 2022 - Needed air even after a 2h decant. Early in its drinking window. Full bodied and quite classic.
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Pro Reviews 17
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By Panos Kakaviatos
Clos Fourtet vertical, 4/19/2023 (link)(Clos Fourtet, St-Émilion, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2023, 4/1/2023 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
2008 Bordeaux: A Day In A Life (Feb 2018), 2/18/2018 (link)(Clos Fourtet Clos Fourtet Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Hemming, MW
2/1/2018 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
February 2018, 2/1/2018 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
2008 Bordeaux 10 Years on, 1/1/2018 (link)(Clos Fourtet, St-Émilion, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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December 2012, Issue #38 (link)
(Château Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/4/2012 (link)(Ch Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/18/2012 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
October 2010 (link)(Clos Fourtet (St Emilion)) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2009, Issue #24 (link)
(Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé B) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/14/2009 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Ian D'Agata
May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144 (link)(Clos Fourtet Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2009 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2009 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
November 2012 (link)(Clos Fourtet (St Emilion)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
1/21/2011 (link) 91 points(Clos Fourtet) Dark purple red violet color; classic plum, cassis, cedar nose; silky textured, tart plum, cassis, cedar palate; medium finish 91+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Clos Fourtet
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Code 185983000046
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 75 (5%)
- In Cellars 1,110 (71%)
- Consumed 387 (25%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 19 votes
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- ProducerClos Fourtet
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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