Chateau Clos Fourtet - St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2019 (375ml)

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Chateau Clos Fourtet Description

Clos Fourtet / SAINT-ÉMILION GRAND CRU / PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ

Clos Fourtet has abundantly proved its standing as a Premier Grand Cru Classé, helped in this respect by hard work and major investments by the Cuvelier family, owners since 2001. Located atop the limestone plateau well-known for producing some of the greatest wines in Saint-Émilion, Clos Fourtet has one of the appellation’s best and most famous terroirs. The vines, located in a single block, a stone’s throw from the medieval village, grow atop impressive underground quarries. Winemaking is very traditional, but complemented by the most up-to-date techniques. The wine is extremely elegant and has a strong personality, with incomparable minerality.

Decanter: 97 Points

Starts out slowly, this is well built and muscled, and has no desire to show its hand too quickly. Instead the concentrated yet cooling cassis and blueberry fruits build ever so slowly, the tannins lightly etched at first then tightening their grip. An excellent Clos Fourtet, up there with the brilliant 2018, and one that shows off the full potential of this excellent property to withstand the hot dry summers that are becoming so common in Bordeaux.
Barrel Sample: 97

Jeb Dunnuck: 97+ Points

The 2019 Château Clos Fourtet is another gem from the Right Bank that delivers the goods. From the upper, limestone plateau and always a bigger, richer wine than its neighbors (Canon, Beau-Séjour Bécot), it still shows incredible minerality and limestone character in its deep black cherry, currant, and mulberry fruits as well as scorched earth, chalky minerality, roasted herb, licorice, and white flower-like aromas and flavors. Rich, full-bodied, concentrated, and structured on the palate, it's flawlessly balanced, has ripe, broad, building tannins, an expansive mouthfeel, and a great, great finish. It needs a decade of bottle age, but it’s truly brilliant stuff. Best after 2032. Rating: 97+