2019 Comte Louis de Clermont-Tonnerre Ventoux Tres Vieilles Vignes Cuvée Raphael

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  12/3/2021 - GP75 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Reviewing the 2020 vintage
  
  Super jammy fruit bomb. Very round and weighty mouth feel. Viscous with long thick legs.
  
  This is what I like. The berry tartness evolves on my tongue and in the glass as well. Lingers on the palate and kind of leaves a faint tingle in the back of the throat.
  
  Hard to stop sipping once poured. Blueberry, strawberry, raspberry notes. A bit yeasty on the nose when first opened, but that dissipates quickly if you use a milk frothing wand to aerate the first glass. You won't need to froth the second glass.
  
  It would be hard to find a better red wine than this for $12. I found it at K&L Wines in San Francisco.

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  3/6/2021 - WinesDelft wrote: 78 Points

  Fruit explosion of blackberries. OK sipping, no complexity.

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  1/13/2021 - Motz wrote: 88 Points

  A giant fruit fest...and I do mean giant. What it lacks in complexity it makes up for with waves of fruit. The abv, listed at 15.5, packs a wallop.

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