Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Sunday, November 6, 2016 - The "Clos" dinner - aka Burgundies from Clos, or "walled" plots (Bar-a-Thym, Singapore): Second time round with this wine, and it was as consistently good as a remembered it being from a few years back. Popped and poured, when it would really have benefitted from time in the decanter. Notwithstanding that, this was by some distance the best red wine of the night for me, besting some much more fabled labels, such as a 1999 Dujac CdlR. This had a great nose - far lusher and sweeter than that of the straight 1993 Chateau de le Tour CdV just before, it tumbled out of the glass with sweet cherries and berries, woody spices, brambly stems, and lots of perfumy dried flower accents. Lovely stuff. The palate still felt really youthful, with plenty of juicy, grippy structure to it, but there was already a nicely complex feel to its full, mouthfilling flavours of dark red fruit seasoned with woody spice and brambly herb. For such a large and structure wine, it had a surprisingly open and fresh feel beyond the midpalate and into the finish, where there was a burst of cherry pips accompanied by a slight woody character. All in all, very good indeed; and with its peak still 8-10 years ahead of it, there is plenty of room to grow yet.

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