Coming from more clay soils just across the road from the Clos, the 2022 La Closerie De Fourtet is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc and was brought up mostly in once-used oak (20% new). It has a slightly dark profile in its aromatics, with ripe black cherries, smoky tobacco, spring flowers, crushed stone, and darker earth nuances. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, incredibly pure, seamless, elegant Saint-Emilion that has ultra-fine tannins and a great finish.
93 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Feb 2025)
The 2022 La Closerie de Fourtet is sublime. Elegant, perfumed and silky, the Closerie de Fourtet is pure seduction. The blend is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, with the Franc very much driving the wine's balance. Medium in body and gracious, La Closerie represents the essential value of finesse in Bordeaux. It's a stellar second wine to drink now and over the next 15-20 years.
93 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Jan 2025)
Berries and chocolate come through, together with terracotta and walnut character. It's medium- to full-bodied with juicy fruit and a dusty-textured finish. Attractive red fruit and wet earth at the end. Drink after 2028.
93 points, James Suckling (Jan 2025)
Sweet damson fruit, this is quite a different feel to both Clos Fourtet and Côte de Baleau, more dense black cherry and damson, smoked caramel, sandalwood and cedar, plump with supple tannins. 15% new oak, 2% amphora.
91 points, Jane Anson (Mar 2025)
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