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2005 CLOS PUY ARNAUD Côtes de Castillon

2005 CLOS PUY ARNAUD Côtes de Castillon

Grapes: Origin: France, Bordeaux
Lea & Sandeman review
Made by Thierry Valette, a member of the family that sold Pavie to M. Perse. This wine has been around since 2000, and every year has not failed to impress for its 'race' and minerality, a wine that really breathes its great 'terroir', which is superior to an awful lot of Saint Emilion Grands Crus. Immense care is taken in the vineyard and winery, with fermentation in open-top wooden vats and 'pigeage' in the Burgundian manner. The result is a many-layered wine of great elegance.   91/100

Other reviews and comments
Strongly recommended. Real wine from an excellent terroir, made in a very unforced style.
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Clos Puy Arnaud is nearly always a seriously made as well as potentially long-lived offering, as evidenced by the 2005. This blend of 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Carmenere boasts a saturated blue/purple color in addition to a sweet nose of black raspberries, cranberries, crushed rocks, and background wood. Displaying terrific old vine intensity, it hits the palate with a rush of fruit, glycerin, and tannin. With good structure, purity, and potential, it will require 2-3 years to settle down, and should last for 15 or more years.   90-92/100
Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
Good ruby-red. Ripe aromas of black cherry, raspberry and licorice, lifted by a note of violet. Juicy and bright, with lovely cut to the black fruit and violet flavors. Finishes with firm but fine tannins. Offers unusual purity and finesse for a Cotes de Castillon wine.   87-90/100
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
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