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2013

Clos Solène L'Insolent

Tasted 29 March 2018 Central Coast · Paso Robles

Coravin pour. A little more subdued and "quieter" than the last time. Still, excellent purity of fruit, with a black, red, and purple core that delivered ripe but controlled levels of extraction. Notes of black…

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Clos Solène Hommage À Nos Pairs Reserve

Central Coast · Paso Robles

Black cherry, blackberry, deep/dark kirsch, rich cassis, and ripe purple plum round out the core fruit here. Additional notes of hoisin and clay make an appearance midway through the attack. There is…

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Clos Solène Hommage À Nos Pairs Reserve

Central Coast · Paso Robles

PnP was fairly hot and cocktail-esque initially. After an hour in the decanter, some of the booze dissipated, but never fully ceased distracting a bit from the overall core fruit. Dark red and…

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2013

Clos Solène L'Insolent

Central Coast · Paso Robles

Finished the bottle. Previous notes apply. It took about two hours of decanted air to blow off some heat that pulled away from the core fruit flavors. In the end, I would hold for another year+ on…

Reviewed 9 April 2018
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