Community Tasting Notes 27

• CWilliam wrote:

  February 26, 2024 - Continues to drink very well- served at a dinner party so no real notes. 92+/-

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• Baudelaire Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 10, 2024 - Lovely fruit up front, with nice structure in support. Delicious.

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• tward Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 11, 2023 - Excellent
  Subtle cedar, some damp pine forest floor with sunshine on it, some pencil lead, faint notes of exotic spices, some cassis and blackberry.
  
  Worked well with grilled flank steak.
  
  Nice QPR at $20 USD purchased five years ago.
  
  14.5% abv. I'd have guessed just under 14%.

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• thebonnydooner wrote: 90 points

  October 21, 2023 - Pop and pour. Quite lovely. Nice earthy bordeaux with juicy firm currant and black plum fruit. Dry tannins, medium acidity and medium bodied. Just made for food. Initial reaction is that this is a solid 90 pointer and great value.

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• Portland Seth Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 1, 2023 - This sounds like the second wine for Chateau Clotte but I'm pretty sure it's the first wine of its own Chateau. Both are mostly Merlot with some Cab Franc but CC has a little CS in it and this just has more CF. By coincidence I had '15 Chateau Clotte a couple nights ago so it's a Clotte throwdown. Both wines are drinking at 92 pts. today but CC has a long life ahead of it and should still improve while this wine is probably already at peak. However, this bottle costs 70% less so I'm anointing it the winner unless money is no object.
  
  Cassis, parchment, graphite, subtle cedar, subtle herbs, sous bois, charcoal. Killer value at $20 and unlikely to improve, so drink! Another win for value Bordeaux.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Château L'Etoile de Clotte
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Code 711519652849

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• In Cellars 571 (66%)
• Consumed 289 (33%)

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