1998 La Clotte
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Score 89/100 · Drink 2001-2011, Robert Parker, Apr 2001
A seductive, dark ruby/plum-colored effort, the 1998 exhibits a viscous texture, rich, spicy, berry fruit, and abundant quantities of plums as well as cherries. Medium to full-bodied, it is best drunk over the next 8-10 years. This offering, a sleeper of the vintage, is an intensely fruity, fleshy, savory, opulent St.-Emilion that will not make old bones, but deliver immense gratification. Moreover, La Clotte is normally a very good value.
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89/100
Robert Parker
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La Clotte
Ch. la Clotte is one of the Vauthier estates – along with Ch. Ausone. Classified as a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, the estate comprises four hectares of 50-year-old vines on terraced vineyards on the famous limestone plateau.
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