2016 Clos Fourtet

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 95.4 points

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  9/19/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points

  This has started emerging from its youth and already offers a luscious expression of black, and red fruits, licorice, salt, and flowers. The wine is rich, deep, concentrated, long, and silky, with a finish that easily hits the 50-second mark. Drink from-2023-2050.

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  5/14/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Bordeaux 2022 en Primeur and some recent vintages: Like Troplong Mondot, Clos Fourtet is often a bit too heavy for me personally. The moderate 2016 vintage therefore plays into the hands of this wine. Elegant palate, nice blue fruit, still quite a bit of wood. Mineral finish. Better than the 2020 and 2022.

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  3/2/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 94 Points

  Showing St. Emilion right off the bat. A big showing of black raspberry from the Merlot, with excellent make and balance. A very, very "well made" wine. Though its cozy and plush, its not overly rich. The tannins on this are right where they need to be for the fruit balance, and as a matter of fact, everything is in the right place. So much so, that its a bit boring. Im scoring this based on wine quality and not my preference for Bordeaux. It doest check Bordeaux boxes for me at all, but it is delicious. Ready...Drink

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  2/19/2023 - iBurg1229 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  14.5% ABV. Deep ruby apperance. Coravin pour, no decant.
  
  Immediate and focused attack of fruit on the nose - blackberry, blueberry, black plum. Notes of chocolate, clove, crushed rock, and some sous bois comes through underneath all the fruit. Dense on the palate. Nice acidity with medium+ but round tannins at this point. Long finish. A touch of heat detected from the higher alcohol levels.
  
  This is by no means unbalanced or overdone, but it leans on more of a hedonistic and opulent style (dare I say Napa-esque?). Is it a style that I truly love? Probably not. However, you can't deny the craftsmanship behind this wine. In its early drinking window and open for business now in my opinion.

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  7/8/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points

  I love how fresh and lush the fruit-forward nose is here, fresh yet slightly liqueur-like, damson and blueberry, bitter dark chocolate. There’s some heat on the palate which holds this back and stops it from really popping but it’s not egregious.

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