2013 Cliff Lede Claret

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  8/21/2022 - Miceri Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark almost black; intense dark berries, leather; soft silky attack followed by loads of intense dark berries, licorice and dark chocolate; a heavy wine, no finesse but with loads of everything

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  5/31/2022 - yelnak Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Took delivery six years ago and this last bottle was begging to be enjoyed. Didn’t let me down. Ripe still with Stags Leap fruit, it’s a less tannic - and close shot to Cliff Lede’s other fine wines. On the attack it was a mink - silky smooth black fruit with cassis and hints of leather and cedar (no doubt from the ABV), and oh so rich. Midpalate jamminess was for me - since I’ve been enjoying CL wines since ‘08, lovely. Finish was long and layered with white pepper, blueberries and Concorde grapes taking me back to my - dare I share - Manischewitz-addled youth. And this was upon opening. L’Chaim!

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  11/2/2020 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Delicious, full bodied, fruit forward blend from a spectacular vintage. Dark brooding, sour cherry, blackberry, black raspberry, baking spice and a hint of creosote on the palate. Smooth, silky tannins and a lingering finish with a hint of oak. Wish I had more of this vintage.

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  3/24/2020 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Rich, fulfilling red. Tastes more like a Cabernet than a claret. Indigo in color. Spicy, pepper and a bit of green vegetable on the nose. Dark cherry, black raspberry, very, dark, bitter, chocolate on the palate with a hint of sweetness at the end. Full bodied with a lingering finish.

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  7/3/2019 - tomoem wrote: 91 Points

  A rich and yet, just slightly, thin red wine. The mouthfeel is a bit of a let down. It has a wonderful fruit flavor on the palette. There are notes of cherry, some cassis, and slight strawberry. The finish is more intense with notes of dried bluebery, and dusty earth. Loved it, but something here is not quite right. It is thin in both mouthfeel and palette. The wine did improve over the next hour but enough to overcome these shortfalls.
  
  All that said it is a nice wine and worth letting sit for 5 more years.

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