Clos Marsalette Rouge 2018
- Producer Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg
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Blend
2% Cabernet Franc
50% Cabernet Sauvignon
48% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pessac-Leognan
- UPC 3258691623092
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Item# 10493-18
James Suckling
93pt
Wine Spectator
93pt
Jeb Dunnuck
93pt
Description
Harvesting: By hand, into small crates to avoid bruising. Sorting before and after destemming. No crushing. The grapes arrive on a conveyor belt.
Fermentation: Red: In temperature-controlled wooden and concrete vats. - White: In temperature-controlled stainless steel vats.
Duration of barrel ageing: Red: In new oak barrels (50%) on fine lees, for 15 to 18 months. White: In oak barrels (30% new) and stainless steel vats on fine lees, for 6 to 9 months.
Tasting notes
Clos Marsalette is super-expressive and delicious today. Savory herb, cedar, tobacco, menthol, licorice, rose petal and wild cherry all run through this nuanced, inviting wine. Aging has brought out an aromatic quality the wine did not show en primeur. Medium in body and gracious, a terrific choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years.
Estate
Located in Martillac, in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, Clos Marsalette is jointly owned by Count Stephan von Neipperg and Didier Miqueu. This vineyard sits magnificently on gravelly soils deposited long ago by the Garonne. Offering a great diversity, the subsoil is composed of marine sediment from the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (5 to 15 million years ago) in the form of shelly sand with a bit of clay, fawn-colored sand, and multi-colored clay. Clos Marsalette's vineyard which covers an area of 12.30 hectares (for the red wine) plus 1.30 hectares (for the white wine) is also looked after expertly in order to produce a wine reflecting the typicity of this Terroir.
