Chateau Clos Fourtet 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "This is so full of energy. It’s full-bodied with electrified tannins and a long, long finish. So polish and focus here with exquisite balance and length."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2023 Clos Fourtet is especially suave and refined this year, wafting from the glass with deep aromas of red berries, licorice, violets and pencil shavings, framed by a nicely integrated patina of new oak. Medium to full-bodied, supple and layered, with a velvety attack that segues into a bright, precise mid-palate, it's pure and lively, concluding with a mineral finish."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart nach kandierte Orangenzesten, reife Kirschfrucht, ein Hauch von Pflaumen und Nugat, feine Gewürznuancen, einladendes Bukett. Mittlerer Körper, rotbeerig, feine Tannine, frisch strukturiert, salzig-zitronig, ein lebendiger, fast leichtfüßig anmutender Stil, zart nussig, allerdings nur mit mittlerer Länge ausgestattet."