Tonight I tasted the 2006 Clos de los Siete for the first time side by side with another first time wine, namely the 2005 Clos Jordanne Village Reserve and I must say in the end it was not even "clos".

The Los Siete was a bit simple and plummy with some dark fruit, but it was a bit hollow and fairly acidic. Don't get me wrong, it was a decent wine... good with roast chicken and an ok quaff but it fell apart after being open for about 4 hours. Considering some of the lofty praise this wine gets (92 Jay Miller, 87 WS), I was a little disappointed. 85 at best.

Le Clos Jordanne, on the other hand, was a great surprise. Fantastic nose of spice, earth, cherry and strawberry. Definitely more full on the mid-palate than the previous wine with some sour cherry, strawberry and some of that Musar like spiciness (I've had a few Musars lately and this definitely had some similarities). This wine fleshed out after an hour or so and became a terrific drink. Great balance and none of the heat I find with most inexpensive new world pinot. Hard to put down! 91 points.

Considering these wines sell for basically the same price in Ontario I was happy to see a home grown wine show so well versus such a popular import. I hope this wine continues to go under the radar of the major wine critics as it is still fairly easy to find. Outside of a major price increase you can definitely count me in for a case of the next release!

Peter,

You may be comparing apples and oranges. The Clos de la Siete is a wine made from Malbec, Cab, Syrah and Merlot and the Clos Jordanne is a pure Pinot Noir. Not only are the grapes completely different in these wines, these wines are also stylistically very different and I don't think a comparison of such kind is in order.

IMO, I would probably agree with you that the Clos Jordanne would be the wine I would prefer myself but I think the comparison is skewed for the reasons I've previously mentioned.

Mimik, I'm guessing my thread title has thrown you off.

In no way was this a head to head comparison, merely two wines consumed over a 4 or 5 hour span. I realize these two wines are different but that doesn't diminish the fact that the Clos Jordanne was the more 'complete' wine... by far. If I had had them two days apart I would still be saying the same thing.

Try them yourself, I'm confident you'll understand.

So basically you're saying you consumed 2 wines, one of which was better than the other.

Mimik, is that so hard to understand?

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Originally posted by Rock&RollCowboy:
So basically you're saying you consumed 2 wines, one of which was better than the other.

Mimik, is that so hard to understand?

It still causes a migraine everytime I try to think about it.