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• Bowmanifesto wrote: 90 points

  November 7, 2023 - Holding up nicely. I'm always surprised at how short drinking windows are for wines such as this. I prefer mature.

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• KeyWin Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 14, 2022 - Absolutely worth drinking now. Very nice wine

• DrWine74 wrote: 88 points

  December 3, 2021 - Got to this one too late. High acid, low fruit. Upside: tannins are quite smooth. Best with fatty food. Standard charcuterie no bueno. Fatty sliced ham went well. Flavors did not over power wine. Foie grad would be ideal. I suspect a mild pate would work well. Bread and butter good. Lots of butter makes this wine sing. Warning: don’t drink without food and drink it now. On downward slide.

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• vino_per_tutti Likes this wine: 88 points

  January 25, 2020 - Tried after decanting for 30 minutes, but this needs a good 2-3 hours to show its stuff. Dark garnet in the glass. Characteristic nose of red currants, sweet black cherry, and pencil lead. Surprisingly fruit forward on the palate, with sweet red fruits dominant. Medium weight. Tanins present, leaving a somewhat bitter finish. One dimensional, but perhaps to be expected with a baby Clinet.

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• Paul852 Likes this wine: 89 points

  August 21, 2019 - From a 375ml, splash decanted and started to drink about 45 mins later.
  
  Initially this hadn't settled down - a bit raw and acidic with little fruit.
  
  But an hour later it had got its act together: nice dark fruits on the nose, and also on the palate along with some pencil lead and old leather. Quite a long finish with a little bite and a little tannin, but rather pleasant.
  
  Classic middle-aged claret.
  
  EDIT 24/8/2019: there's a little bottle variation here: with a second 375ml and a splash decant there was nice fruit and balance straight away, and it held steady for the next hour.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Fleur de Clinet
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Pomerol
• UPC Code 3760066831143

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• In Cellars 213 (42%)
• Consumed 293 (58%)

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