Domaine La Casenove - Les Clares 2007
Notes : RVF 15.5/20, Robert Parker 88/100
Les Clares is a half-grenache, half-roussanne white wine with a very rich mouthfeel. A rich wine, aged for 24 months in barrels, with beautiful, discreet notes of oxidation...
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Eye
golden yellow colour
Nose
notes of oxidation
Mouth
nice fat mouthfeel
Serve
at 8-10°C
Open
1/4h before
Drink from
2011
Drink before
2013
Food and wine pairing
A déguster sur un jambon Ibérique de la meilleure qualité, une recette de poissons du pourtour méditerranéen, des rognons au Xérès, un vieux cantal...<br/>
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the domain :
A former press photographer, Étienne Montès took over the family estates, Casenove and Saint-Luc. The La Garrigue and Torrespeyres cuvées form an easily accessible core range. The Commandant-Jaubert cuvée is made when the vintage lends itself to it. It bears the name of a sailor, Etienne's great-great-uncle, who built the estate.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list, and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Etienne Montès, a former press photographer, has been at the head of the family estate since the late 1980s. With a thorough understanding of his terroirs and their potential, he produces a fine range of IGP Côtes Catalanes, from simple fruit wines to large-scale cuvées - such as the famous Commandant Jaubert. The VDNs are very serious, but sometimes find it hard to moderate their warm character. The whole range is sincere and of a high standard. Enthusiasts will find fine, authentic wines capable of ageing very well in the cellar. However, alcoholic heaviness is recurrent, hindering the finesse of expression and leading us to withdraw the star from the domaine. A few technical and stylistic adjustments would undoubtedly suffice to dust off the style of these materials, whose depth of taste is undeniable.
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