2017 Clos Floridene
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The 2017 Clos Floridene is gorgeous. Ripe red cherry, blood orange, rose petal, mint and spice all flesh out in this pretty and nuanced Graves. Sweet floral notes add an enticing upper register. Pliant and supple, the 2017 is wonderfully expressive today. Tasted two times.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Clos Floridene gives up aromas of coffee, fragrant earth and dried herbs over baked black cherries, warm plums and boysenberries. The palate is medium-bodied, firm and chewy with a good core of muscular fruit and a spicy finish.
The 2017 Clos Floridène, the Graves château owned by Florence and the late Denis Dubourdieu, has a well defined bouquet with perfumed blackberry and iris aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a judicious sprinkle of black pepper on the finish. This consistent performer just goes and produces (yet another) delicious Graves that comes recommended.
The 2017 Clos Floridène Rouge has a well defined bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, singed leather and light cedar aromas that gain intensity in the glass whilst remaining classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, plenty of pencil lead infused black fruit with just the right amount of dryness on the finish to beckon another sip. Very fine.