2017 Chateau La Clotte

93 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

92–94. Barrel Sample. Dense and ripe, this wine has great acidity and bold red fruit, with a smoky backdrop. It comes from the same winemaking team as Château Ausone and shows great ripe fruit character. It has power and richness; drink from 2024.

93 POINTS

James Suckling

This is very pure and beautiful for the vintage with dark-berry and currant aromas. Violets, too. Medium to full body, ultra-fine tannins and a clean finish. From the owners of Ausone. Points: 93-94

93 POINTS

James Suckling

Mushroom and blackberry aromas with hints of crushed raspberries. Medium to full body, firm and creamy tannins. Chocolate and toasted oak. Shows depth and intensity. Beautiful to drink now.

92 POINTS

Peter Moser - Falstaff

Deep dark ruby, with purple reflections, and a delicate bright rim. Nice cassis aroma, black berry confit, with pleasant nougat, and a fine oak touch. Juicy, red cherry, chocolaty, elegant, fine tannins, freshly structured, and balanced, it is a pleasant food wine.

91 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This wine is dense, but with the intense fruit that is a sign of the vintage. It offers crispness as well as depth, with attractive acidity and medium-term aging potential. Drink this wine from 2022.

90 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

Now owned by the Vaultiers for four years, this estate continues to rise above its previous incarnation. It's very much a success in this vintage, with no frost affecting the 4ha of vines. They don't wait as long to harvest as the previous owners did. This wine has that wonderful curling in on itself that young limestone wines display, with an austerity but also an upward climb. It's lovely and ripe, but not overly so, with firm damson and black cherry flavours and great freshness, emphasised by some mint leaf notes. It's fairly austere, with good grip. 100% new oak. From vines with an average age of 54. In about six years time they will have more Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, but not yet.