2014 Clos Marsalette
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The 2014 Clos Marsalette offers up an intriguing combination of super-ripe red stone fruit and expressive floral notes. Today, the 2014 is especially racy and a bit more overtly ripe than it was from barrel. Sweet herbs, tobacco, rose petal, mint and anise add lift to the creamy, inviting finish. Tasted two times.
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Neal Martin
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Smoke, graphite, plum, rose petals, mint, red cherry, licorice and spices meld together in the 2014 Clos Marsalette. A wine of real personality and character, the 2014 offers outstanding quality for the money. Smoky, savory notes add the final layers of nuance on the juicy, Merlot-driven finish. The blend is 60% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc.
The Clos Marsalette 2014 is a blend of 60% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc that was picked between 29 September and 10 October at 43 hectoliters per hectare and with a 21-day cuvaison. Aged in 40% new oak, it has a rounded and quite sensual bouquet with mulberry and thyme scents emerging from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, the oak a little conspicuous at the moment. There are no hard edges here. The finish is balanced with quite broody black fruit and touches of black olive, although I feel that it does not quite have the complexity of the best vintages of this Pessac-Léognan from Comtes von Neipperg.