2003 Clos de los Siete by Michel Rolland, Vista Flores, Argentina, 3 Bottles

Description

• 11/30/2024 – biggie Likes this wine:95 Points

  Leaf Day – Purchased in 2006 for $25/bottle in Canada – seepage showed through top of foil so I pulled it from the cellar. This is a “found” in the cellar wine – they should all have been consumed but there was one left. Wine level to bottom of neck. Cork pink on the top surface when foil removed. Cork crumbled into tiny bits upon attempt at removal and I had to push the bottom portion into the bottle. Double decanted through a fine mess screen into a clean different bottle off a small amount of sediment and cork pieces. The sediment was mostly stuck to the side of the bottle.
  Dark garnet core extending almost to the edge which is thin and crimson in colour. Very youthful in appearance. Thin cathedral legs that are slow to develop. Nose is glorious! Bloody meat, dark fruit, damp brick/clay, smoke, red flowers, mint and light vanilla.On the palate it’s velvety with dried and ripe dark fruit, forest floor, sweet herbs, spice, menthol and just a hint of oak. The finish is very long (still breathing it after almost a minute) with smoke, spice, dark fruit, red flowers and vanilla. What a wine! I so wish I had one more to share with a roast beef or Bistecca alla Florentina – it would be an amazing pairing.

  9/24/2023 – Mon.Maultiere Likes this wine:91 Points

  14.5%. Cork broke in two but there was no evidence of seepage. Deep, dark garnet. Still remarkably youthful for its age. Leaf mould, earth, leather and stewed dark fruits. Carried its alcohol well. Tannins were well integrated. It will easily keep going another 10 years. Neither a wine to question or to challenge the drinker – just overall a very smooth wine that’s easy to drink.

  9/19/2023 – biggie Likes this wine:90 Points

  Flower Day – lower neck fill. Cork broke in 1/2 on removal. Ingress of wine about 1/2 way up cork however the top of the cork was pink so some wine made it up through the cork. Decanted off a small amount of hard sediment. Dark garnet core that extends almost to medium width crimson edge. This wine is incredibly youthful looking. Right after the decant the nose is warm earth, leaf mould, tobacco, spice and black fruit. On the palate the dark fruit and tobacco with some leather hits first, then the spice. It’s full bodied with medium acidity and still ripe tannins. On the long finish there is tobacco, leather, dark fruit and warming spice with oak. I can’t believe how youthful this wine is with the rich fruit, oak flavours and ripe tannins yet there’s also a maturity that shows complexity.
  After an hour there’s some Brett showing but it’s not off putting as there’s more fruit showing and it mitigates it’s effect. The Brett continues on the tongue but as I’m sensitive to it I’ll not mark down the wine for it as most wouldn’t notice it.