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2018 Château Clos St. Martin
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 9
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 points
April 23, 2023 - Similar notes to last time. Polished dark fruit, perhaps darker than your usual right bank. Nice tension on the finish with air. Still young. 93+
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 points
April 6, 2023 - Bottle 3/6. Quick decant with steak tortillas for my daughter’s birthday. This was most open in the first two glasses. Fleshy, plummy, coffee, mocha, chocolate and candied orange peel. 93-94
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 points
March 24, 2023 - 2018 Chateau Clos St Martin. Bottle 3/6 opened for Friday Italian dinner. Again a high-toned slightly candied dark and red fruit (plum and dark berries). Some emerging cassis, mocha and cinnamon. The nose was more open at the first pour but this was opulent and flashy and reminds me more of a Pomerol (LaFleur Petrus comes to mind). 94+
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February 19, 2023 - Bottle 2/6. Straight after holiday, it’s time to fry up barbary duck to pair with 2018 Chateau Clos St Martin. This baby Cheval Blanc was decanted for too long but still delivered bramble fruit, fennel and coffee if a bit muted. Score withheld due to my decanting error.
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 95 points
February 10, 2023 - 2018 Chateau Clos St Martin. Bottle 1/6 paired with homemade venison ragu. I was excited to try this St Emilion microproducer that is part of the same family as Dominus and Lafleur Petrus. Needed at least an hour of air then delivered very silky red plum and blueberry fruit, mild chocolate, light coffee, bramble fruit, coffee grain and aniseed. 10-15 second finish. Ethereal. If I’m nitpicking the finish could be longer but this is so complex and opulent at only 5 years age scoring 95/100. Tastes like a baby Cheval Blanc.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/19/2022 (link)(Clos St-Martin St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
September 2021, 9/1/2021 (link)(Clos Saint Martin St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
2018 Bordeaux From The Bottle, 3/11/2021 (link)(Clos Saint-Martin) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
Bordeaux 2018: Not Back in Black (Mar 2021), 3/1/2021 (link)(Clos Saint-Martin Clos Saint-Martin Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
The Future’s Definitely Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Mar 2021), 3/1/2021 (link)(Clos Saint-Martin Clos Saint-Martin Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
February 2021, 2/1/2021 (link)(Clos Saint Martin St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
1/8/2021 (link)(Clos St.-Martin St.-Emilion, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux 2018 in bottle, 11/10/2020 (link)(Clos St-Martin, St-Émilion, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JebDunnuck.com
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Bordeaux Rising: The 2018s En Primeur, 5/1/2019 (link)(Clos Saint-Martin Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux En Primeur 2018 St-Émilion Part 2, 4/3/2019 (link)(Clos St-Martin, St-Émilion, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
Bordeaux 2018: Back in Black (Apr 2019), 4/1/2019 (link)(Clos Saint-martin Clos Saint-martin Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2019, 4/1/2019 (link)(Clos Saint Martin St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
3/30/2019 (link)(Clos St.-Martin St.-Emilion, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- 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
- UPC Code 3328155010147
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 4 (3%)
- In Cellars 146 (92%)
- Consumed 9 (6%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 3 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Clos St. Martin
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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