Clos Fourtet
Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Coravining this taste to see if it's appropriate for tomorrow nights Plate & Bottle dinner. This is why you want to own a Coravin! Hedy is a good friend and if she wanted to open her own restaurant, she'd likely earn at least one Michelin star and perhaps two. Deciding if this 03 Clos Fourtet is going to work with her rosemary filet mignon. I'm thinking this is going to work nicely with her entree. The 03 Clos Fourtet is in a very good spot right now. Perfect bottle evolution. The nose has dark cassis, wild berries with spice and soy sauce. The palate is elegant dark cherries, olallieberries, blueberries, touch of dried plum, dry florals, sage, parsley, loamy soils, crushed dry rocks, stones, leather, pine tar, dry underbrush, dark moist soil, spice-box, structure, length, tension and balance all in perfect harmony. The acidity rains on the palate and it's ripe to dry spiced plum finish lasts and lasts. Add notes with the steak tomorrow night. This wine comes from a warm vintage and it's style while Bordeaux leans a little more toward Napa. It's a beautiful wine. So, elegant and beautiful that it was truly better enjoyed on it pure merits.
Coravining this taste to see if it's appropriate for tomorrow nights Plate & Bottle dinner. This is why you want to own a Coravin! Hedy is a good friend and if she wanted to open her own restaurant, she'd likely earn at least one Michelin star and perhaps two. Deciding if this 03 Clos Fourtet is going to work with her rosemary filet mignon. I'm thinking this is going to work nicely with her entree. The 03 Clos Fourtet is in a very good spot right now. Perfect bottle evolution. The nose has dark cassis, wild berries with spice and soy sauce. The palate is elegant dark cherries, olallieberries, blueberries, touch of dried plum, dry florals, sage, parsley, loamy soils, crushed dry rocks, stones, leather, pine tar, dry underbrush, dark moist soil, spice-box, structure, length, tension and balance all in perfect harmony. The acidity rains on the palate and it's ripe to dry spiced plum finish lasts and lasts. Add notes with the steak tomorrow night. This wine comes from a warm vintage and it's style while Bordeaux leans a little more toward Napa. It's a beautiful wine. So, elegant and beautiful that it was truly better enjoyed on it pure merits.
Feb 25th, 2017
Maybe not displaying the broadest range of flavors, but miraculously no raisination given the vintage.
Maybe not displaying the broadest range of flavors, but miraculously no raisination given the vintage.
Dec 17th, 2014
Early but what the heck. This deep dark bad boy is a bit tightly wound out of the gate, but will not disappoint. Anise, blackberry notes.
Early but what the heck. This deep dark bad boy is a bit tightly wound out of the gate, but will not disappoint. Anise, blackberry notes.
Sep 18th, 2014
Dense, plummy, still drinking young
Dense, plummy, still drinking young
Apr 26th, 2020
Although enjoyable now it still needs more time to develop as it was somewhat primary.
Although enjoyable now it still needs more time to develop as it was somewhat primary.
Sep 5th, 2019
Really good. Mature. Plush. Soft mouthfeel. Delicious.
Really good. Mature. Plush. Soft mouthfeel. Delicious.
May 30th, 2019Showing well tonight. More structure than 2 years ago. Cigar, dirty black cherry, spice. Pepper finish that continued hours later.
Showing well tonight. More structure than 2 years ago. Cigar, dirty black cherry, spice. Pepper finish that continued hours later.
Mar 4th, 2018
A spectacular Clos Fourtet: complex nose, superb flavours, and a fantastic finish. What a wine!
A spectacular Clos Fourtet: complex nose, superb flavours, and a fantastic finish. What a wine!
Jan 12th, 2018Dark deep purple with long legs and overall resembling a much younger wine. The nose was perfumed with dark fresh fruits and liquorice with an underlying smokiness. On the palate, this gave away its vintage with lots ripe black fruits and hints of chocolate. Full-bodied with robust alcoholic base balanced by rounded well-integrated tannins giving a nice grippy long finish.
Dark deep purple with long legs and overall resembling a much younger wine. The nose was perfumed with dark fresh fruits and liquorice with an underlying smokiness. On the palate, this gave away its vintage with lots ripe black fruits and hints of chocolate. Full-bodied with robust alcoholic base balanced by rounded well-integrated tannins giving a nice grippy long finish.
Apr 26th, 2016
Cherries, vanilla, and tobacco. Classic, with some leather. Not bad, but barest whiff of TCA. Is this a root day?!
Cherries, vanilla, and tobacco. Classic, with some leather. Not bad, but barest whiff of TCA. Is this a root day?!
Jan 3rd, 2015