2016 Clos du Marquis
Community Tasting Note
csimm wrote:
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - A fairly typical young St Julien, with higher register red and black fruit, sour crunchy cherry, red currant, dried cranberry, and cedar. Acidity takes the stage currently, with an inability to truly express much depth of flavor at the moment. Mostly verve, tension, and speed skating the juvenile fruit across the palate. Finishes with an acidic clamp and slight hollowness. It’s enjoyable in its ability to provide cut to heavier dishes, but it needs 5-7+ years. I suspect this will end up as less of a deep or unctuous animal, and more of a lighter-medium bodied specimen when all is said and done. Even with its youth, I was hoping to experience a bit more personality here in which to offer a better glimpse into the promise of this wine. Time will tell. 89-91+ points.
UPDATE: I bumped this up to 91-92+ after the last bit of a bottle had been slowly exposed to air over a prolonged period (Coravin'd over multiple days and then finally opened toward the bottom of the bottle) and started to show more signs of promise. Deeper cassis and licorice notes add interest. Acid is still a bit shrill and enamel-scraping, but its persistence in undeniable. Depth is in the distance, but not completely out of the picture. Still, this is going to need decent cellar time.
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