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Community Tasting Notes (138) Avg Score: 92.5 points

  • Perfekt gereifter Pomerol.
    Praktisch keine Altersnoten.
    Typische Merlot Pflaume.
    Ist einfach nicht so mein Geschmack.

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  • 6th bottle of 12, purchased as a future and stored properly. Exercised caution, because I believe this wine shows considerable variation from bottle to bottle. Once again pristine cork with staining up only 3/8 inch. Can’t say that this bottle looked “young," though some previous bottles did. Much sediment as noted by others, not a problem. Decanted for 2 hours. Garnet color. But tasted even better than last time. Great attack with both fruit and weight. Black cherry on first taste, a little peppery, with long finish, good fruit that meshed well with robust tannin of medium coarseness, and complex flavor profile typical of a fine Bordeaux. From my notebook: “This wine has been inconsistent, but this bottle seems to represent this vintage of Clinet as it was meant to be. I believe the wine is fully mature. Further evolution may very well turn out to be very slow, meaning that there is no rush to consume it, but I do not see any real likelihood that it will improve from here." Bottom line, though, is that I, too, have suffered through 2 of my 1st 6 bottles that I believe were affected by brett--a problem that I have very rarely encountered in my fairly extensive experience. If acquiring this wine now, purchase only from a top vendor.

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  • **I’m a sucker for old Bordeaux and this one brings it all. Clay filled, earth laden, light on its feet but relentlessly long finish. This clinet is still one of my favorites because of its true old school style and backbone. Drink

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  • Six and a half years ago, I considered this wine undrinkable. Today, I found something to enjoy. It remains coarse and brutish. But the tannins have mellowed a bit and there are more mature flavors. It’s kind of heavy on Brett and displays enough pyrazines to remind me of a mature Chinon or Bourgueil. Graceless and not ver Pomerol but an intriguing drink at least.

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  • 50+5+13+18+9=95

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    1995 and 1994 Bordeaux (May 1996), 5/1/1996, (See more on Vinous...)

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