Chateau La Clare, Medoc

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Red · Red Bordeaux Blend
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LWIN 1176955
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90 /100
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16
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89.6
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91
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Taster #0354 · Jan 12, 2026
89/100
Really nice showing. Bouquet and flavors of Earth and dark fruits. Good balance. Smooth well integrated tannins. At peak. Drink now. Has aged really well
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Sep 21, 2025
91/100
Equally good but slightly different than the 2012. Both are drinking fantastic right now. Lots of delicious ripe red primary fruits. This one does have a little bit of earthiness to it. Drinking well now.
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Jul 6, 2025
90/100
This wine is drinking fantastic. Previously was very earthy now it is showing a lot more primary fruit. Fully mature with red cherry, dark cherry and red fruits. There is some earthiness but this is really more fruit driven and very well balanced. Drink now and over the next few years. A real sleeper.
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · May 17, 2023
89/100
This wine has really come together nicely. A nice complex mature Bordeaux that is really drinking well now. It is certainly enjoyable but does not get a higher score just because it doesn't have that it or excitement Factor but it is still a delicious good quality bottle of wine that has aged well
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Aug 24, 2022
89/100
Nice cherry, berry, plum flavors. Tannic finish. Drinking well. Drink now and over the next few years. Fully mature but with youthful fruit. The fruit may fall before can get more complex secondary flavors
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Jan 19, 2022
91/100
Nice ruby color. Delicious bouquet of velvety red fruits, perfume, sweet plums, earth. Medium bodied. Perfectly balanced. Super smooth. Sweet ripe concentrated fruit, plums, earth, strawberries, red fruits. Long finish. Drinks beautifully now. Can age a few years more, but tastes so good now, best to enjoy now while amazing. Really delicious. More to my taste than the 2012 (which I also like)
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Jul 25, 2021
90/100
Nice. good fruit
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Feb 1, 2021
90/100
Wow! From the first whiff of this delicious bouquet I knew I was going to love it. Nice delicious strawberry and red fruit bouquet. Medium bodied with good balance good fruit and still lots of soft tannins. Red fruits and strawberries dominate the palate. This still has delicious primary fruit with some hints of secondary flavor. Drinkable now this can still age a few more years. Drink from 2021 to 2026. A very good QPR wine. It has rewarded cellaring. …
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Nov 2, 2020
88/100
Nice dark Ruby color with Ruby edges. Nice fresh fruit bouquet with strawberries fresh plums and a sweet earthiness. Medium-bodied and well-balanced with nice fresh ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries strawberries Earth with a hint of smoke. mostly primary fruit flavors with very little secondary flavors at this point. Nice tannic finish. 13% ABV. Entering its plateau of maturity. On the youthful side of it. Drink now and over the next few years. Very nice. 45% Merlot, 35% Cabernet …
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Nov 11, 2019
90/100
Very dark color. Nice ripe bouquet of cassis, hints of chocolate, blue fruits, dark plums. Medium bodied with good tannins. Nice flavors of chocolate plums earth forest floor. Tannic finish. Still not at peak. Needs another year or two and should last a few years after that. Great QPR from Jean Guyon
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Jun 30, 2019
90/100
Dense earthy fruit and dark fruits. Good concentration. Nice complexity. Drinks well now but can age at least a few more years if not longer. Very good QPR
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Jun 2, 2019
89/100
A juicy fruity red with medium body, sweet fruit, nice balance. Very open knit. Tasting like its got youthful fruit yet fully mature. Drink now. May be able to age a few years. Will retaste soon
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · May 26, 2019
90/100
Dark color. Intense sweet ripe fruit bouquet of plums and cherries. On the palate intense ripe fruit (very ripe) with some flavors of cherry earth plum forest. Drinks well with air now. Drink now. I cannot tell if the fruit will outlast the tannins
2011 vintage
Taster #4814 · Mar 31, 2019
90/100
The wine looks ruby colored. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. It smells like black currant (cassis), lead pencil and cherry. It tastes like black currant (cassis). The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. Drinking well in 2019 - the tannins have mellowed.
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Dec 16, 2018
90/100
Nice dark color. Nice sweet ripe fruit one dimensional bouquet. On the palate sweet ripe concentrated fruit. Nice finish. Drinks well now. May improve more. Drink now and over the next 5 to 8 years
2011 vintage
Taster #0354 · Nov 10, 2018
88/100
Nice dark ruby color. Imtense bouquet of earth plum and dark fruits. Good concentration. Medium to full body with nice finish. Nice earthy plum and dark fruit flavors. What some would call dirty eathy. Very nice. Drinks well now. It's still May improve some over the next year too. Should last at least another 5 to 8 years. 13% ABV
2011 vintage