2013 Coteaux du Languedoc La Clape Clos des Truffiers

The 2013 Clos des Truffiers - which was tasted as a barrel sample - will certainly be one of the wines of the vintage. It lacks the weight of a top vintage and is more reminiscent of the 2002 and 2004, albeit, with more purity and elegance. Giving up lots of cassis, vanilla bean, crushed rock-like minerality and spring flowers in its bouquet, this full-bodied, seamless 2013 has a fresh, lively and impeccably balanced profile on the palate that makes it already hard to resist. The first time this cuvee has been aged in larger, 600-liter barrels, it will need short-term cellaring (and I wouldn't be surprised to see it put on weight after bottling) and will keep for two decades.