1995 Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Clarendon

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 87 points

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  11/15/2014 - HandmadeHomemade wrote: flawed

  TCA big time- bummer.

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  2/23/2007 - Pinotlover wrote: 90 Points

  I don't know if it is bottle variance, or just good winemaking, but this wine was much superior to the bottle we had a couple years prior. Ripe black cherry, char, and a hint of cinnamon stick on the nose, with black cherry, red raspberry, and tea leaf flavors. If I had it blind, I actually may have guessed a 1er or grand cru burgundy from the great aromas...this was a pleasant surprise that I truly didn't expect to be as good as it was!

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  12/13/2004 - Pinotlover wrote: 87 Points

  This wine is not nearly as big and thick as the 1996 which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the lack of richness proves to show in the mid-palate and finish. The wine was beautifully aromatic, great raspberry flavor upfront, almost a berry pie like flavor with well-balanced spice, but the wine did fade on the finish a bit. It was a very pleasant drink, but don't let it sit any longer, it is at its prime and I don't think it would do any good to let it rest more. A little more French in style, quite pleasant.

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  5/19/2004 - Joe Belmaati wrote: 75 Points

  Deep red colour. Very impressive bouquet which is responsible for all of the that I will award to this wine, which was so overblown and awful to drink that I failed to produce a useful tasting note for it. Personally, I could be entertained with a glass of this just to sniff, but nothing more than that.

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