1996 Domaine Clavel "La Copa Santa"

[Drew]

Yesterday was my wife Eileen's 40th. birthday so after returning home from a wonderful dinner at Josefs Restaurant in Falston, Maryland, she asked for more wine so I popped the Copa Santa....what a mistake.
This wine is so big, a bruiser, and so disjointed that I recorked and opened the St. Francis Zin (you know the rest of that story but my wife loved it!). Tonight I revisited the Copa Santa. What a wine! Saturated black/purple color. Somewhat muted nose of black fruit and earthy notes. Very concentrated showing creme de cassis, bacon, chocolate, mocha, mature plum and attractive bitter(mineral like)flavors. Very delicious after 24 hours of breathing. Needs a lot more bottle time. A huge wine. Received as a gift 2 years ago. 13%Alc/vol. (Gotta find more)

Drew