2011 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge Rouillon

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88 points

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  1/7/2014 - wineshlub wrote: 88 Points

  Popped and poured. Slightly sour herb and red fruit aroma. Wild and wooly at first, with VA flavors and other weirdness. After an hour it's toned down but still a volatile mix. Coming to the forefront are brilliant sour cherry flavors with chalk and spices. Mild vegetal notes in the finish.
  
  I can tolerate some VA, which is a good thing in this case. There's definitely going to be some bottle variation on this wine, so anyone who can't handle a little freakiness should avoid. This was good and enjoyable, but a little too unruly even for me. We'll see if I have better luck next time.
  
  Day 2: Lesson learned. Open this sucker well ahead of time. The flavors are now perfectly well integrated and smoothed out. A touch of the vinegar tang remains but that has become (for me) a feature rather than a bug. This probably still counts as a relative loser in the bottle variation sweepstakes, but is quite nice.

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  1/7/2014 - avp wrote:

  Nice bitters action! I love it.

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  12/4/2013 - avp wrote:

  Yowsah, what a lovely wine!
  A nose of pomegranate, cherries and baked strawberries as well as celery, beans, gunpowder and loam. With a dash of perfume to make it perfect.
  Light to medium bodied palate with juicy fruit - pretty ripe for the style - refreshing acidity and nice tannic astringency. Lovely beetroot to pomegranate fruit. Good length.
  Finely balanced and oh so joyous!

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  5/4/2013 - henkka Likes this wine:

  Excellent example of a light bodied wine that is still profound. It's light but not insipid. And utterly drinkable. This is a wine that maintained its charm throughout the bottle.
  
  Bright translucent red colour. Airy, open and fresh nose. Youthful and compact. The palate is light, aromatic and fresh. A touch of candylike spiciness. Aftertaste is crisp with some cherry tones.

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