Clos du Marquis 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case Planted in 1969

Planted in 1969

742 (2014 base) has really opened up since I last tasted it about a year ago

forest floor and fresh herbs escape from the glass with some spicy cedar notes also evident

The palate opens with abundant fruit-filled flavours

"This reluctantly opens with a complex amalgam of blueberry

Clos du Marquis 2016 Size::6 Bottle Case Planted in 1969The 2016 Clos du Marquis was picked from 30 September to 19 October and consists of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc, matured in 55% new oak. Yields came in at 40 hectoliters per hectare and the alcohol at 13. 55%. The bouquet is very intense at the moment with small black cherries, incense, iris and a touch of shucked oyster shells. The palate is beautiful, perhaps one of the most powerful that I came across in Saint Julien,