Kland Aida

9.2

One of my go to St. Emillion. Lots of leather, tobacco, smokey oak(?), dried dark fruits and some tannins. — 7 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2016 vintage. 62% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dark red with some orange evolution on the rim. Raspberries and cedar wood , with truffles lurking in the background. Medium-bodied, with slightly jammy red fruit. The tannins are not as velvety as both the 2020 and 2022, but still there is a good balance,complexity and length. Maybe closing down a bit, the future will tell. However, I don't see this ever reaching the level of the 2020 and certainly not 2022. Outperformed by the 2016 Couvent des Jacobins tasted alongside.
Abv. 13,5%. — 2 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.8

2019 vintage Saint-Emilion Grand Cru. Calicem is produced from a small vineyard (less than one hectare) adjacent to Grand Cru Classé Couvent des Jacobins whose owner bought it in 2015. It was planted in 1961/1962 with 100% Merlot from old clones.and it is vinified separately from Couvent des Jacobins (first vintage 2015).This beautiful 2019 is made in microscopic quantities (2188 bottles) with the "vinification intégrale" method which leads to a more gentle extraction and better wood integration. Winemaker Denis Pomarède and consulting oenologist Thomas Duclos did a great job in crafting a beautifully balanced wine with extraordinary elegance, purity, silky tannins and a long finish with an intriguing minerality. Don't expect a blockbuster, this is all about subtlety. Very impressive Saint-Emilion of Premier Grand Cru Classé quality, well worth trying to grab a bottle. Abv. 14,5 %. — 4 years ago

ben shipley

9.6

With fish. Dry, mouth forward. Opens up with miso, ginger and chili. — 8 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.5

This is actually the kriek version of the great Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge, and it is fantastic! Great combination of funk and tart cherries on the nose, the palate is refined with the cherry component taking just enough off the edge of the sourness to make it perfectly balanced. Never had this before...but this will not be the last! — 9 years ago

Denis Roudenko

8.9

#SWNredbordeaux — 11 years ago

Susan Hanners

8.9

Dry, light, slightly tart, sophisticated — 8 months ago

Kland Aida

9.7

Probably my favorite St. Emillion. First had it at a restaurant in St. Emillion (2006 vintage?) and brought some back home. Had several 2009 vintage bottles since. Love this wine. — 10 months ago

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Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2019 vintage. A Grand Cru Classé owned by the Decoster family (Clos des Jacobins, Candale). — 4 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.2

I love Belgian sours this time of year. This one features cherries, apple, oak, and vanilla. Drinks way to easy for the R-OH content. — 6 years ago

Hao Feng

9.2

Brilliant value. Truffle, smoky, ripe berries, elegant, well structured. — 9 years ago

Rutherford Yeates

9.0

Fabulous, could potentially age a year or two more but beautiful wine with black cherry on the front, spicy mid pallet and finishing with black berry tannins — 10 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.8

tasted at lunch in private cellar clos des jacobins in beaune with olivier masmondet of jadot — 13 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 1996 | acquired taste | walnuts, intense and soft taste, complex and distinguished — 9 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Opened and double-decanted earlier in the morning. The 1982 pours a slightly more orange/garnet color. On the nose, the wine is vinous with rather heady notes of cherry lozenges, coffee, herbal, Jack’s Supreme Pizza, menthol, purple flowers and leather. On the palate, the wine is dry with solid structure still. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and on the richer side. To me, this was one of the huge surprises of the evening, more than keeping up with the thoroughbreds. Drink now. — 2 years ago

Nancy Schnur

9.0

Costco $17 — 2 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.5

On 11-4-21 — 5 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Fantastic nose... very elegant and complex but rapidly declining in the glass.. — 8 years ago

Makio

9.5

Butter aroma like couvent des Jacobins blanc 2011 (Jadot)
— 10 years ago

Makio

9.5

Tastes butter!!! — 11 years ago