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Clos Marsalette Rouge2018

RED WINE

PUBLIC
April 2025
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Clos Marsalette Rouge label
  • Producer Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg
  • Blend 2% Cabernet Franc
    50% Cabernet Sauvignon
    48% Merlot
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Pessac-Leognan
  • UPC 3258691623092

Reviews

James Suckling 93

Savory aromas of black olive, dried mushroom, iodine and earth, as well as wild blackberry and clove. It's medium-bodied with firm, sleek tannins and fresh acidity. Bitter berry notes on the finish. Hint of jam, but turns firm.

by JS, James Suckling , 2021

Wine Spectator 93

This has fresh savory and bay streaks running through the middle of its core of steeped plum and blackberry fruit flavors, while applewood and iron notes streak the finish. Distinctive wine, with grippy character. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

by JM, Wine Spectator , 2021

Jeb Dunnuck 93

The 2018 Clos Marsalette is another winner, offering a ripe, medium to full-bodied, textured, and already delicious style that carries lots of red and black fruits, tobacco, earth, and a touch of spring flower-like aromas and flavors. Possessing beautiful purity, it has ripe, present tannins, yet they're almost covered by a wealth of fruit and extract.

by JD, Jeb Dunnuck , 2021

Technical Details

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.

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.

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.