2025 Clos Manou
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The 2025 Clos Manou was cropped at 45 hl/ha after sorting. This has a sublime bouquet that you really have to just sit and savour, with beautiful blackberry, briar and subtle sous-bois scents, and, like others, it becomes more floral with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a slightly more powerful and assertive Clos Manou, but there is control and focus. As such, it is one that I would cellar for two or three years because you can see the potential already. Bon vin.
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Neal Martin
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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A Cabernet-dominant blend of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that will spend 17 months in a mix of 21% new barriques, concrete eggs, and terracotta jars, the 2025 Clos Manou is deep ruby-hued, with vivid, pure aromatics of blue fruits, liquid violets, and graphite. It's medium-bodied on the palate, with a focused, elegant mouthfeel and the tannins of the vintage. It should easily be outstanding.
The 2025 Clos Manou is racy, elegant and polished from start to finish. Plush contours wrap around a core of red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal, mocha and new leather. This mid-weight, juicy Médoc is impeccable.
About the producer
Clos Manou is one of Bordeaux’s most under-rated addresses. The tiny estate is in the northern reaches of the Médoc, but produces wine that puts some Classed Growths to shame.