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1997 Château Clos St. Martin
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 6
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Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 92 points
April 17, 2024 - Very nice, given the not even average vintage. Fresh nose, flowers and oriental spices. Tertiary notes of tobacco, wet leaves and black pepper on the palate. Fresh, not too green, silky tannnins still present, mid-length. Great QPR at 22,- second hand.
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Willi Vinotti wrote:
July 24, 2023 - Last bottle, now showing weaker, which seems normal for a 26 years old wine from a small vintage. Maybe bottle variation, it still had some interesting sweetness, just somehow conflicting with an intrinsic bitterness. Slightly out of balance here. Would not consider buying more and would advise to drink up.
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CarpeDiem! Likes this wine: 92 points
March 18, 2018 - Never say never again. I was done with 1997 Bordeauxs and expecting another mediocre "too late", until this Clos St. Martin. An inviting, elegant nose, jammy red fruit, cigar box, caramel and cocoa. Impeccable also on the palate, delicate toffee, mocca, cedar, elegant wood and toast aromas. Complex, perfectly balanced. Hedonists welcome!
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Willi Vinotti Likes this wine: 92 points
February 10, 2018 - Needs decanting, high acidity, opens up after one hour in the glass. Massive wine with real potential. Intriguingly dense with fine tannins ... Multilayered Bordeaux at its best... real surprise given the vintage and previous comments about drinking window.
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jswanson wrote: 90 points
August 31, 2008 - Showing well. Nice black fruit with decent, yet short cedar finish. Drink now! Will be past prime soon.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Château Clos St. Martin
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 33 (65%)
- Consumed 18 (35%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Clos St. Martin
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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