Drinking a little better than the first with lovely structure but still clouded by a little too much oak. Needs more time for this to be resolved. But I see the potential.
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This 2009 Sylvie Esmonin Clos Saint Jacques is an undistinguished Clos Saint Jacques. Ripe dark cherry, light bodied for a Clos Saint Jacques. Starting to mature, resembles a 2008 Burgundy more than a 2009. Not particularly refined, tannins are a bit rough on the edges. Drink now – 2030. (86/100)
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Beautiful wine and in a great place at the moment. No need for decanting its delivered right from the start. Perfectly balanced, no obvious oak and everything in the right place. great length as well.
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Starts off all dark and surly with plenty of meat, iron, leather and earth. It sweetness in the glass and has a core of black cherry. There's good flesh and excellent savoury nuance. It has good length and sinewy muscle. Good now, better in a decade.
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Dark in color. Ripe black fruit and blue fruit, oak, and a meaty nose. Palate had some ripe fruit but the oak componenet was slightly overwhelming at this moment. Give this more time 8-10 years for the oak to integrate. It is likely to be much better with age
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2009 and 2010 CSJ Horizontals Tasting: Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. The darkest colour of all of the wines. Nose also individual and atypical. Bouquet more dark than red berry spectrum with aromas of forest floor and a hunk of damp earth. A gamey, feral quality to the nose, seemingly brett, with suggestions of tar and smoke (Barolo-like?). A smooth entry to the palate, very dense and powerful, with great intensity. The oak very visible and a little rustic. Too low in acid, to my palate. Flavours in the savoury spectrum tending vegetal and mushroom (again suggesting brett), bitter cherries with some dark chocolate. My least preferred of the wines, but would be interesting to cellar, to see what emerges. 91.
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Dark and opaque; surprisingly dense. Lifted toasted notes of oak, vanilla, spicy plums and plush dark cherries. There are spices (full-stem influence) and game character but vintage influence (I’m immediately thinking 2009) dominates; this is very ripe and tary. Very ripe, dusty, dry and astringent tannins with mid-palates of spicy plums and rich fruit. This is resting on the sweetness of fruit and oak. This is extractive and overworked winemaking. Hard to find any characteristics linked to place and varietal.
Group ranking 10th My ranking: 10th
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Dark ruby in colour! Sublime nose here! Smoky! Gun powder! The palate showing stewed red fruits with a slightly bitterness and a hint of coffee! It is a bit new world to me but truly nice!
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Sweet, almost jammy, blue fruit, with lots of oaky vanilla. The palate is rich and thick with dark fruit and vanilla and chocolate and lacks acid, and there's an off-putting bitter vegetal flavor on the back end from the stems. This tastes nothing like burgundy and blind I might have thought it was new world syrah.
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12/1/2021 - LB88 wrote: 91 Points
Drinking a little better than the first with lovely structure but still clouded by a little too much oak. Needs more time for this to be resolved. But I see the potential.
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9/26/2021 - Fosgrove Likes this wine: 95 Points
Starting to develop some tertiary notes with lush dark fruit. Long and lovely
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7/18/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 86 Points
This 2009 Sylvie Esmonin Clos Saint Jacques is an undistinguished Clos Saint Jacques. Ripe dark cherry, light bodied for a Clos Saint Jacques. Starting to mature, resembles a 2008 Burgundy more than a 2009. Not particularly refined, tannins are a bit rough on the edges. Drink now – 2030. (86/100)
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7/10/2020 - Raizes Likes this wine: 90 Points
黑樱桃、香草、肉桂、可可、烟熏和一点皮革气息,很强劲阳刚的香气风格。开瓶五个小时后状态良好,香气并非奔放但入口集中度很高,结构立体有力度,并有足够的酸度支撑。但是过于紧实而略欠细腻,愉悦度上略有不足。
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3/14/2020 - LB88 wrote: 90 Points
Very light and pleasant but lacks depth! Perhaps still a little early in the drinking window. Try again in a couple years. 90-91
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2/7/2020 - Wine_easy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful wine and in a great place at the moment. No need for decanting its delivered right from the start. Perfectly balanced, no obvious oak and everything in the right place. great length as well.
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1/26/2020 - Rickytoc Likes this wine: 92 Points
A bit oaky but succulent and velvety, still a baby
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1/14/2019 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Starts off all dark and surly with plenty of meat, iron, leather and earth. It sweetness in the glass and has a core of black cherry. There's good flesh and excellent savoury nuance. It has good length and sinewy muscle. Good now, better in a decade.
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11/13/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
This had some menthol and sarsaparilla as well as ripe cherry fruit. There’s good texture and it is voluminous with excellent underlying minerality.
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8/19/2015 - Burgnick wrote: 89 Points
Dark in color. Ripe black fruit and blue fruit, oak, and a meaty nose. Palate had some ripe fruit but the oak componenet was slightly overwhelming at this moment. Give this more time 8-10 years for the oak to integrate. It is likely to be much better with age
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2/14/2014 - HowardNZ wrote: 91 Points
2009 and 2010 CSJ Horizontals Tasting: Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. The darkest colour of all of the wines. Nose also individual and atypical. Bouquet more dark than red berry spectrum with aromas of forest floor and a hunk of damp earth. A gamey, feral quality to the nose, seemingly brett, with suggestions of tar and smoke (Barolo-like?). A smooth entry to the palate, very dense and powerful, with great intensity. The oak very visible and a little rustic. Too low in acid, to my palate. Flavours in the savoury spectrum tending vegetal and mushroom (again suggesting brett), bitter cherries with some dark chocolate. My least preferred of the wines, but would be interesting to cellar, to see what emerges. 91.
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2/12/2014 - thierrynz wrote:
Dark and opaque; surprisingly dense. Lifted toasted notes of oak, vanilla, spicy plums and plush dark cherries. There are spices (full-stem influence) and game character but vintage influence (I’m immediately thinking 2009) dominates; this is very ripe and tary. Very ripe, dusty, dry and astringent tannins with mid-palates of spicy plums and rich fruit. This is resting on the sweetness of fruit and oak. This is extractive and overworked winemaking. Hard to find any characteristics linked to place and varietal.
Group ranking 10th My ranking: 10th
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11/21/2013 - Tao wrote: 93 Points
Dark ruby in colour! Sublime nose here! Smoky! Gun powder! The palate showing stewed red fruits with a slightly bitterness and a hint of coffee! It is a bit new world to me but truly nice!
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2/7/2012 - coremill wrote: 82 Points
Sweet, almost jammy, blue fruit, with lots of oaky vanilla. The palate is rich and thick with dark fruit and vanilla and chocolate and lacks acid, and there's an off-putting bitter vegetal flavor on the back end from the stems. This tastes nothing like burgundy and blind I might have thought it was new world syrah.
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