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Deep violet. Ripe cherry, cassis, candied flowers and cocoa powder on the expansive nose. Lush and appealingly sweet, offering intense dark fruit preserve, violet pastille and vanilla flavors and building spiciness. Round, even tannins frame a long, smooth finish that strongly echoes the cocoa and cherry notes.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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The 2017 Clio was produced with 70% Monastrell and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and despite the warm and dry year, it has a little less alcohol than the 2016. It fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and matured French and American oak barrels, where it also underwent malolactic and 23 months of élevage. Even this shows nice integration of the oak; Miguel Gil told me the wine from 2017 was so powerful and concentrated that it absorbed the oak like never before. And it's true that both wines from 2017 feel a lot less oaky and more balanced, and they have all the ingredients for a long time in bottle. There are some ashy and smoky undertones and a full-bodied palate with fine tannins a chalky texture and some sweet spices, still young and with a long life ahead of it in bottle. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2019.