2021 Domaine du Clos de Tart Clos de Tart Grand Cru
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The 2021 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is more sultry than Hubert Lignier's Clos de la Roche yet well defined, delivering the complexity you expect from this vineyard with cranberry, raspberry and just a hint of rose petals. Fine delineation despite the present reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid red berry fruit. Fresh and quite saline in the mouth, this feels linear and maybe a bit conservative. But in not putting a foot wrong, it has much to offer and it lingers nicely on the finish. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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The 2021 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was bottled in July 2023. It has much more intensity than the La Forge, though there remains a bit of new oak to be subsumed at the moment. The medium-bodied palate has fine depth and freshness, considering the growing season. It offers soft red berry fruit and touches of sous-bois - not complex but feels long and tender on the finish. Perhaps not quite matching my expectations from barrel, yet it is still a commendable showing, given the season.
The 2021 Clos de Tart Grand Cru includes 53% whole clusters and 64% new oak. It has a fragrant and open bouquet with brambly red fruit, crushed stone and wilted rose flowers. The palate is lighter than the 2021 with filigree tannins, perhaps airy in style, lightly spiced, quite linear with a saline finish that lingers in the mouth. This grows in the glass over 20-30 minutes, expanding and gaining in terms of nuance. Maybe not in the same class as the previous vintage though frankly, it's not far off.