2008 Gérard Bertrand Coteaux du Languedoc La Clape Château l'Hospitalet La Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  5/28/2018 - rjpbath Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Something odd happened to this wine. It is full bodied, with plenty of GSM features, but it is frankly unpleasant to drink. I thought it would improve with age but it has not. 10 years on and really not nice. Sour and leaves a nasty aftertaste. (Based on experiences with three bottles). Weird- and i speak as a Languedoc fan.

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  3/6/2015 - petec-s Likes this wine: 90 Points

  at last another excellent bottle of this wine, great bottle variation so far.
  Big intense nose, loaded with cassis and blueberry/ mineral fruit palate/ pure well made wine/ real pleasure.

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  7/18/2014 - petec-s wrote: 85 Points

  Well made but slightly hot and flabby, although it is a very warm evening. Seemed ripe and simple compared to previous bottles.

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  1/31/2014 - Zweder wrote: 86 Points

  DTC; Low budget wines plus some more expensive pirates. (@ SS): In the bouquet ripe red and dark berries and a lot of sweetness. On the palate a lot of very ripe red and dark berry fruits, good acidity and mild tannin. An attempt to make a blockbuster, but not one which is in very good harmony. Nevertheless nothing really wrong with it.

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  10/27/2012 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Opaque blackberry color with a bit translucency in the rim. Rich and heavily licorice-driven nose upon opening, drowning all the other aromas underneath; with some aeration the licorice is strongly present, but not without aroms of ripe, dark berries, herbal garrigue, spices, dusty earth, ink, some vanilla and a hint of vanilla. Very full-bodied and surprisingly balanced palate with good acidity and moderate tannins. Flavors of ripe, dark-skinned berries and plummy fruit, leather, licorice and some peppery spice, with only very modest oak influence. Occasionally the alcohol underlines the peppery bite with some sense of warmth. Medium-long and quite robust finish with strong spicy character, supple plummy fruit, some licorice and a hint of minerality.
  
  Heavily licorice-driven red wine with lots of sunny dark fruit, but without any sweet, jammy, ponderous character. Lovely GSM-style red wine with good structure and richness. Perhaps a bit modern and polished, but only in a good way. Recommended and a good purchase at 17,95€.

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