Le Clos des Fées 2018
Cotes du Roussillon Village
93+/100 Parker
- Cellaring: 2023 - 2035
- Tasted by Joe Czerwinski in 2021 : "Proprietor Hervé Bizeul has crafted an inky purple version of his flagship cuvee. The 2018 Côtes du Roussillon Villages le Clos des Fées is a blend of 50% Syrah, 20% each Grenache and Carignan, and 10% Mourvedre, aged in entirely new rooms. For this tasting, it was a bit reticent on the nose, showing just glimpses of black cherry and spice amidst cedar and vanilla. On the palate, it was more expressive, offering soft, full-bodied fruit on the palate that was delicately framed by oak, taking it from an expansive mid-palate to a concentrated and compelling finish. Give this sleeping beauty at least two more years in the cellar, then drink it over the next decade."
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Hervé Bizeul tells you all about it:
Plots of selected old vines on clay-limestone hillsides. Equal blend of Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache and Carignan. Intensive green work: disbudding, inter-core shoots, load regulation, leaf thinning. Search for perfect phenolic maturity, adapted to each grape variety and each terroir. Sorting at harvest time and then after destemming. Storage and transport in refrigerated lorries. Vinification partly in new 5 hl demi-muids, hot run-off, malolactic and ageing in 100% new barrels. All pumping over, racking and putting into barrels are carried out manually, without pumping over. Aged on lees for 18 months. Unfiltered. Powerful, concentrated wine, rich in taste, with an exceptional creamy texture, which nevertheless remains fresh and taut. Delicious the year after bottling, if you like young and powerful wines and if you take care to decant it. Often closes in year II. Then slowly matures and gradually acquires its mature character while preserving its fruit. Cellaring potential 8 to 15 years.
Data sheet
| Note | Between 91 and 94 |
|---|---|
| PR rating | 93+/100 |
| Partner Areas | Yes |
| Recoverable VAT | Yes |
| Colour | Red |
| Format | Bottle (75cl) |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
| Appellation | Côtes du Roussillon |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Maturity | To keep |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | Clos des Fées |
| Prix | From 50 to 80 € |
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