2017 Louis Jadot Clos St. Denis

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  11/26/2020 - Cailles wrote: 91 Points

  Right out of the gate, this was ready. The highlight are the fine structure with the right amount of creaminess as well as the very good balance. However, it is not a complex wine and with a subpar precision. Good but not near of being great.
  
  Dark fruits, earth, hints of smoke on the nose, with time more red fruits shining through. Very harmonious. Not overly complex but with good precision. On the palate dark and sweeter red fruits, earthy notes, hints of herbs, some minerality (limestone?). Overall rather mellow, not super precise but still wuite nice to drink with a soft structure with very fine tannins, a good freshness and a nicely creamy texture without being too heavy or oily. Medium length.
  
  Decanting: PnP, followed over two hours, no material change. Good to go without any long decanting.
  
  Glass: Zalto Burg vs Zalto Bdx vs Gabriel Gold. The price for the best nose goes to the Zalto Bdx with more sweet red fruits than the others which is inviting. The Zalto Burg shows more gravitas and elegance but less expression. The Gabriel shows rather muted and more mineralic than fruity and is clearly the weakest. On the palate the Zalto Bdx wins with the most expression and at first with sweet bright red fruit, even powdered sugar but with time it lost expression and became rather astringent and especially watery. The Zalto Burg is by far the densest but most elegant with creaminess and freshness in perfect harmony. Gabriel is off, astringent.

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