Chateau Clos de Bouard Montagne St.-Emilion 2019
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Jeb
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James
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The Barrel Sample for this wine is above 14% ABV.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The top wine of this estate, the 2019 Château Clos De Bouard is a Merlot-dominated wine that includes small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Franc. It's made by Coralie de Bouard of Château Angelus, and as you'd expect from this talented team, the wine is brilliant, offering a dense purple color as well as rocking levels of blackcurrants, black cherries, graphite, leather, and crushed rock. Medium to full-bodied, ripe, and nicely concentrated, it has plenty of structure, if not a touch more obvious tannins than the 2018. Nevertheless, it should be approachable in its youth and have 15 years of longevity.
Barrel Sample: 91-93+ -
Vinous
The 2019 Clos de Boüard has a seriously intense bouquet with layers of blackberry, briary and subtle floral scents, thankfully maintaining impressive focus and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and fine acidity. Velvety smooth in texture, it develops hints of bitter dark chocolate towards the finish that demonstrates good persistency, though I am seeking just a little more complexity and nuance here. Otherwise this is a fine Montagne Saint-Émilion from Coralie de Boüard. -- Neal Martin
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James Suckling
Attractive, balanced red with a medium body and juicy fruit. Round tannins and a lightly chewy finish. Should soften out nicely with barrel aging.
Barrel Sample: 90-91
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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.