"Odedi"

9.2

Time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here's a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Bordeaux.


Deep purple in color with a purplish rim.

On the nose, black currants, plums, cherries, chocolates, wood, earth, vegetables, graphite, spices, bitter herbs, wet leaves, river rocks, peppercorn, tobacco, dark coffee and light bell pepper.

Full bodied with medium plus acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with plums, cherries, sweet strawberries, oak, licorice, spices, chocolates, light vanilla, vegetables, tobacco, peppercorn, espresso, wet leaves and earth.

Long finish with fine-grained tannins and tangy cranberries.

This is a delicious Cabernet blend from Bordeaux. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel and great complexity.

This great vintage is already enjoyable, although it could use some additional time to mature properly, 5 to 10 years.

This Second Growth is good right out of the bottle and better as it opens up (4 hours).

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with smoked meats. Delicious and yummy.

A blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot.

14% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$75. — 14 days ago

Joe Gillies

9.1

Significantly better than a year and half ago...maybe that was just an off bottle(?).
Anyway, this bottle is singing. Beautiful black cherry, cigar box, and earthy notes.
This has a solid decade plus of life ahead of it if properly cellared. — 11 days ago

Anne Kjellgren

9.8

So smooth and yummy! Love this medium-bodied wine. :) — 2 days ago

Joe Gillies

9.4

Decided to pop this baby, while the 09, and 10's age more. Decanted for 30 minutes. Drinking very well right now. Black fruit and earthy aromas. BlackBerry, plum, smoke, leather and earthy flavors. Very good right now and will improve a couple points over the next 3 to 5 years. — 5 days ago

Neil Valenzuela

8.9

93% Merlot, 4% Cab Franc, 3% Cab Sauvignon. Deep ruby color. Funky- aromas of toasty oak, dark fruit, cocoa and moss. Nice red fruit on the palate and dry finish. — 6 days ago

Brian Szluk

9.0

Pencil shavings, coffee, chocolate, lots of blue fruits, slightly gritty. — 2 days ago

Frank Bradley

9.3

Still youthful, lively fruit and refined tannins. Really enjoyable glass of wine. — 3 days ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.7

The 2015 'Y' from Chateau D’YQuem is a head turning, simply brilliant blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. The Sauvignon Blanc is harvested rather early in the growing season to retain its freshness, while the Semillon is given more time to mature and allow botrytis to take effect. The wine itself displays a lovely golden hue, and begins with an exotic bouquet consisting of star jasmine, honeydew melon, starfruit and lemongrass aromatics which all take shape. On the palate this possesses remarkable tension and viscosity, which is truly one of a kind as the mouthfeel takes on a sultry, unctuous character as lemon cream, kumquat, cantaloupe and roasted pineapple flavors all come together beautifully. It continues to impress with its gorgeous seamless quality and balance while showcasing the ripeness and intensity of the vintage. While this is already showing trememdous appeal it should go on to age exceedingly well over the course of the next two plus decades. This is a absolute gem from the legendary Château. Drink 2019-2038- 97 — 3 days ago

Daniel Maquin

9.2

Wow. Nice coffee, chocolate and black currant nose. Some oak here too. Powerful and balanced. The palate is powerful and balanced too. Strong acid backbone, currant, nice silky touch around a very wide palate, chocolate and coffee all around too. Strong muscular tannins before a finish with black currant, meaty, salty juice and chocolate. Wow what a wine — 14 days ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

10

The 2005 Chateau Climens is a simply astounding Sauternes. Showing off its golden hue, the wine starts off with an intense bouquet of vanilla creme brulee, honeyed ginger, roasted pineapple and suggestions of butterscotch. The nose is so compelling and complex that it makes you constantly go back to the glass for more. The palate is exceedingly good. Honeyed ginger, lemon curd, vanilla creme brulee, apricot jelly, macadamia nut and butterscotch. The range to this wine is just insanely good as the texture of this wine borders ethereal. Stunning, captivating and simply marvelous, this is a perfect wine made by Chateau Climens and superstar winemaker Berenice Lurton. Drink 2018-2055- 100 — 4 days ago