Clos du Prieur
Clos du Prieur 2005 Red Wine ($17)
This wine has a beautiful inky purple color. A very strong cherry and black berry nose and a bit of a plum smell. I’ve been staring at this bottle of wine for about an hour just wondering what it tastes like. This is a French wine from the Languedoc region. It’s a 50:50 blend of Grenache and Syrah grapes. Normally wines from this area are a standard mix of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre grapes. I’ve had a few of these GSM wines and they didn’t really impress me too much. Let’s try this one and see how it does without the Mourvèdre. Wow, this wine is incredibly dry. Not as dry as some of the Barolos I’ve had, but seriously dry. On the front end it carries some very noticeable raspberry flavors, but without the intense sweetness. It’s got an almost Old World mid-palate that transitions into a very smooth finish. Despite how dry this wine is the alcohol is very smooth and polished, I’m hardly noticing it. After a few sips I’m noticing that the finish is quite lengthy with waves of black cherry flavors coming and going. I’m having this wine with pizza right now, but I’m thinking it would be even better with a steak or a German hamburger.
92
UPDATE 6/13 @ 9:51pm:
A second opinion …
My buddy Chris has rated this wine an 87. He explained that it’s fairly one-dimensional and uninteresting. My wife also thinks the wine sucks and I can’t get my dog to drink it. Just sayin …
June 15th, 2008 at 11:03 am
sadly, i keep reading this crap.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Wolfie wouldn’t drink it. And he drinks from the toilet. That should tell us something…
October 26th, 2008 at 3:04 am
We all keep reading this site–MySpace/Facebook has banned all of us for those pictures we send girls–face it, gentlemen-hypens are der coolest-
anyway
Never had this. But Clos makes me think of Clos du Bois. Grocery store wine. If you ever get sick of subtle nuances and refined palate garbage, get your hands on the 2004 vintage ONLY and taste wine that’s still big and mean and not for nice people. This is the wine Richelieu drank while planning something naughty, let’s say stealing monk’s coffee, (www.MysticMonkCoffee.com), or routing the rotten children who crowded the poorhouse, etc. etc.
Hmmm, huh? Wait, you can’t get too nostalgic about old-school big Cabs. . . 86 all of this. I love you.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
We were given this bottle and knew nothing about it, what a nice suprize! If you like cabs, this is a wonderful latteral change. I thought the review was spot on!
August 1st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
[…] scent. Hints of jam and tabbacco are also noticable. My first sip of this wine reminds me of the Clos du Prieur wine that I reviewed awhile ago in that it’s crazy dry. I’m amazed at how fast this […]