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Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
Community Tasting Notes 45
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wineappreciation wrote: 92 points
December 1, 2023 - Raspberry, blueberry, violets, gravel; long, elegant, beautifully aged, pleasing, and ready to drink
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Dj6544 wrote: 94 points
June 20, 2023 - Good lord this is delicious. If someone fused a refined Bordeaux with a cadburys fruit and nut bar, they’d probably end up with this. Has aged wonderfully
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drrobvino wrote: 89 points
November 15, 2021 - Delicious 15 yr old Bordeaux, consumed over 2 nights with an earthy lentil soup one night, and a beef stew the other.
Gorgeous and complex black fruit notes, with coffee grounds, mocha, and cassis flavors.
Beautiful tannic structure, alongside moderate acidity and a medium length, slightly clipped finish...which is the only drawback.
Delicious, drink now through 2022 or so. -
Zweder wrote: 91 points
October 7, 2021 - Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Some random wines. (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with vanilla and licorice. On the palate firm acidity, caramel, coffee and mocha. A firm dose of oak which is not too overwhelming. Beautiful wine which is ready now, but can easily last a few more years as well.
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platpeeps Likes this wine: 86 points
December 10, 2020 - C: Dark deep garnet fully mature.
N: Still positive and initially fresh with some plum and black cherry.
T: Initially vibrant with flavours of plum and black cherry with leathery notes. Quite earthy developing sweetish raisined fruit and glycerol on the mouthfeel, but then it falls apart with a nasty bitter and astringent finish.
I: I started out loving this wine believing it to be well balanced and drinking very well, but dear oh dear, that bitterness and astringency on finish lets it down badly. My advice is to drink up. It's still an above wine though.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer Clos de l'Oratoire
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Code 400005641121
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 37 (4%)
- In Cellars 530 (55%)
- Consumed 404 (42%)
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- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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