2022 La Closerie de Fourtet
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Coming from more clay soils just across the road from the Clos, the 2022 La Closerie De Fourtet is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc and was brought up mostly in once-used oak (20% new). It has a slightly dark profile in its aromatics, with ripe black cherries, smoky tobacco, spring flowers, crushed stone, and darker earth nuances. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, incredibly pure, seamless, elegant Saint-Emilion that has ultra-fine tannins and a great finish.
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Sweet damson fruit, this is quite a different feel to both Clos Fourtet and Côte de Baleau, more dense black cherry and damson, smoked caramel, sandalwood and cedar, plump with supple tannins. 15% new oak, 2% amphora.
The 2022 La Closerie de Clos Fourtet, which includes 10% Cabernet Franc from a massal selection on more clayey soils, has a straightforward nose with red berry fruit tones and a hint of briar. The palate is medium-bodied and well balanced with pliant tannins, a keen line of acidity and a gentle grip toward the finish. Fine.
Get the limestone grip and direction here, gives it a dense softness to the berry fruits before the lift of the limestone salinity come spiralling through. Bone dry on the finish, this is savoury and shows great finesse, clings on tight, a little subdued right now. Stéphane Derenoncourt and Jean-Claude Berrouet consultants. 15% new oak. First year with the addition of Grandes Murailles.
About the producer
The Cuvelier family took over Clos Fourtet in 2001 and modernised the estate – renovating the winery and undertaking significant replanting. Its 18.5 hectares sit on the limestone plateau.