2005 Clos Apalta

Community Tasting Notes (308) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  12/22/2023 - spendergast Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted 90 minutes. Continues to drink well with notes of dark concentrated fruit (black raspberry, cherry, currant), earth, and spice. This wine has a nice velvety mouthfeel with soft tannins and long finish. Paired with grilled baby back ribs.

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  10/9/2023 - Stevey Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Let stand 24h from cellar before opening. Deep purple color. Needed about an hour to open up and stayed consistent over the next few hours. Blackberry, kirsch, raisony, almost like an Amarone. Paired perfectly with BBQ Pork. Well integrated medium tannins, long beautiful finish. Still in prime drinking window probably for another 5+ years. Drinking beautifully now.

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  9/1/2023 - rbs1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Good to have waited several years since the last bottle. Still improving

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  6/18/2023 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Opened and let it breathe for about a hour. Nose shows mature notes dark cherries and blueberry paste with some hints of raisins.
  Beautiful acidity and grippy tannins still, with a dense a complex palate of raisins, molasses, white pepper, dark fruits, tobacco. Long ending that has beautiful oaky notes.
  Am excellent wine we paired we a 1.4lbs, 60-day dry aged NY strip steak.

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  6/15/2023 - wren460 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Perfect example of a wine at peak. Dont wait, open up and enjoy. No hurry, but this wine will not get better that this. Last bottle, enjoyed alongside a 2005 Pavie.

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