Chateau Clos de Bouard Montagne St.-Emilion 2016
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James Suckling
Super rich and plush with ample dark plum, cocoa and graphite nuances, as well as some blueberries and cherries. The plate has a beautifully crafted bed of fine, plush and long tannins that carry effortless length and depth. Deep and fresh cabernet kick. Really impressive. 85 per cent merlot and 11 per cent cabernet franc and four per cent cabernet sauvignon. Try from 2023.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Checking in as a blend of 85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, made by the team at Angélus, the 2016 Château Clos de Boüard has a beautiful elegance and purity as well as impressive notes of black cherries, cassis, subtle oak, and dried flowers. It’s very floral, with fine tannins and a silky, elegant finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Clos de Bouärd is blended of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Medium garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with bold scents of wild blueberries, red currant jelly and plum preserves plus touches of truffles, mossy bark and cinnamon stick. Medium-bodied with great freshness on the palate, it has a taut, muscular core of red and black berry flavors and a chewy frame, finishing with a spicy kick.
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It's safe to say that when you are born and raised in the middle of such an environment, a move towards the wine world is obvious. It was just a question of time. When Stephanie joined her father last year at the head of the 1st GCC “A”, Coralie had already made her move in the vines.
After joining the flagship estate, she followed the step of her father in Lalande de Pomerol, becoming co-owner of Ch. La Fleur de Boüard. With her brother Mathieu, she made this property one of the "must have" estates of this appellation. But the success story of Coralie wouldn't stop here.
The occasion was too good to miss it. When Castel sold Ch. La Tour Musset in Montagne St Emilion, it was the perfect opportunity. So Coralie and her husband took it. "It was a personal wish" she said. And one of the first decisions was renaming it. So, Chateau Clos de Boüard was born.
With 3 blocks of vines located in Parsac, near famous St Emilion neighbors like Ch. Fombrauge, Ch. Fleur Cardinale, Ch. Valandraux, and Ch. Troplong Mondot, it has an excellent geographic situation. Furthermore, the average age of the vines are 35 years, it has clay limestone soils, and a perfect exposition that gives the estate exceptional potential.
Planted with 19ha Merlot, 2,59Ha Cabernet Sauvignon and 7,34ha Cabernet Franc, Ch. Clos de Bouard aims at producing 150,000 Bottles per year. And you can already expect strict parcel selection, integral vinification, long ageing in new oak barrels, etc. To sum up, you can expect the best.
Coralie explains without any embarrassment that she wants to make the Clos de Boüard as good as it can be. With her experience working with her father, her passion for the vines, her knowledge of the latest winemaking innovations and her ambition, the future success of this young estate is clearly evident.
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.