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Le Clos, rouge, 2013

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  • Languedoc
  • Red
  • Unit
  • Boire/Garder
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Le Clos, rouge, 2013

Grown on the oldest vines on the estate, this Clos impresses thanks to the concentration that emerges from a mouth of strong stewed fruit and spices and a finish with imposing but disciplined tannins.

A must!

Domain starting price

36,72 €

-10%

40,80 €

bottle of 75cl Sold individually
Cash-back loyalty 1%

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Estimated delivery between 08/02/2019 and 30/03/2021

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Wine characteristics

  • Vintage : Le Clos
  • Year : 2013
  • Appellation : AOC Languedoc Montpeyroux
  • Colour : Red
  • Grape types : 40 % Mourvèdre, 40 % Carignan, 20 % Syrah
  • Soil : clay-limestone and loam
  • Harvest : manual
  • Type of viticulture : biodynamic
  • Contenance : 75cl

Tasting - Cellaring

  • Appearance : deep garnet
  • Nose : stewed fruit, spices
  • Mouth : structured and long
  • Serving temperature : 16-18°C
  • Cellaring : 10 years and more
  • Drink from : 2017
  • Winemaking process : long maceration in open vats
  • Maturation : 30 months in barrels and 1 year in the bottle

Food-matching

  • Food-matching : duck magret with black olives

Domain :

5th-generation winemaker Sylvain Fadat took over the estate in 1989 before extending it to 22 hectares.

It has 2 different yet complementary terroirs, and each grape variety finds its finest expression there to make up an exemplary range.

Appellation :

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This is the wine-growing area that has made the greatest progress in terms of quality over the past 30 to 40 years, morphing from coarse reds into a multitude of quality wines with very distinctive characteristics. For some time now, the whites have also kept pace with the reds.

There are 245,000 hectares of vineyards, producing 1,245,000 hl of wine, mainly reds.

The region is situated between the Massif Central, the Corbières and the Mediterranean, covering a wide range of ‘terroirs’ and appellations. There’s shale, sandstone, pebbles, limestone and alluvial deposits.

The climate is very much mediterranean, with hot summers and irregular and poorly distributed rainfall.

The grape types currently planted, apart from carignan, often date from after the Second World War, in line with the subsoil. This makes for complex, exciting wines.

Reflecting this dynamism, many of the vignerons produce wines that are non-AOC (vins de pays, table wines, etc.) as they keep on searching for quality and originality.

The Languedoc has 11 AOCs, the main ones of which are Coteaux du Languedoc, Saint-Chinian, Faugères, Minervois, Minervois-la-Livinière, Fitou, Corbières, Limoux and so on.

Recent vintages

  • 2011: good year for whites, which are well-balanced and fresh. The reds are more even.
  • 2012: the reds are mature and fresh, with lower alcohol content. The whites are fresh and fragrant.
  • 2013: the finest vintage since 1998. The reds display freshness, quality tannins and fragrant finesse. The whites blend good balance with maturity and acidity.
  • 2014: fresh, tender reds to be drunk young. Tonic, aromatic and fresh whites.

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