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• 422dbowlsby Likes this wine: 96 points

  May 9, 2023 - I really don't need to add anything to the Robert Parker WA 96 + rating and review. Opened this for friends at Ringside Steakhouse in Portland, OR. Absolutely delicious. This is my second of three bottles; opened and reviewed the first one in 2015. Patience is a virtue!

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• sirpat00 wrote: 93 points

  July 9, 2021 - Fruit mostly ripe raspberry, some green herbs. Other than that a bit too extracted and limited complexity. That said, an incredibly powerful palate, rich, and this drinks fantastically right now. Clearly a more hedonistic than intellectual wine at this point, and I'm really glad this drank so well after the previous two bottles from the same case were tired and even flawed.

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• HeavyPourWine Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 9, 2021 - I was inspired to open one of these based on recent CT notes. I drank this over a three day period pouring directly from bottle into Zalto Bordeaux glasses each day (no decant other than it sitting in the glass for 30/45 mins) This was stored at room temp in bottle with Private Preserve after opening for the next two days. Small amount of light grain sediment found on the third day when bottle was emptied. First couple of sips on the first day right after PNP (w/ no food btw) were amazing/surprising - my immediate thought was "this is bangin' right out of the gate! wow!". Over the three day period, similar notes as 422dbowlsby in 2017 (warm red berry and brown sugar) but instead with soft tannins. Nose/mouse always pleasant over the 3 day period and not hot at all. I gotta say, this was very very good and it seems to have a good amount of life left. I didn't get any of the soy sauce notes or see any cloudiness from the more recent CT notes so not sure what's going on with my bottle vs others. But I also didn't do any type of lengthy decant. This is a solid 93 in my book at the moment.

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• Cailles wrote: 84 points

  February 9, 2021 - Tasted double blind. Very expressive, intense aromatics, quite layered and with good precision. Overall a bit too bold and ripe for my taste. Unfortunately, already over the hill with soy sauce notes showing with some time in the glass. Not the first St. Emillion from the much lauded 09/10 vintages that is already past its prime. 93/94 in the best moments. But overall a fail.
  
  TN: Very intense, expressive nose full of ripe dark fruit, medicinal herbs and with time a bit of soy sauce/oxidation notes. On the palate it is a dense but still airy wine. Beautiful fresh and creamy texture. Lots of dark berries, licorice, fresh and medicinal herbs, eucalyptus, lots, lots, lots of spices, crushed rocks but again of soy sauce/burned rubber. Very long herbal and fruit driven finish. Just a tad too intense and with a tad of heat here and there.
  
  Decanting: 2h in the decanter.
  
  Glass: Zalto Bordeaux

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• sirpat00 wrote: 82 points

  January 30, 2021 - After the shocker a few days ago where I opened a bottle that had already descended into the realm of soy sauce I gave it another try, this time skipping the decant (only a quick double-decant). Unfortunately while slightly better initially and just about consumable, I again encountered clear signs of fatigue right from the start. Interestingly, the palate was indeed quite nice and fruity still so we did end up finishing about ¾ of the bottle in the end.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Château Clos de Sarpe
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 520 (75%)
• Consumed 108 (16%)

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