Domaine La Casenove - Les Clares 2007
Notes: RVF 15.5/20, Robert Parker 88/100
Les Clares is a white wine made from equal parts Grenache and Roussanne, offering a beautifully full-bodied mouthfeel. A rich wine, aged for 24 months in barrels, it features lovely, subtle oxidative notes...
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Eye
golden yellow dress
Nose
oxidation notes
Palate
rich and full-bodied
Serve
at 8-10°C
Open
15 minutes before
Drink from
2011
Drink before
2013
Food and wine pairings
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
Rated 2 stars (A solid, recommendable production, though slightly more conventional and uniform than the previous one)
About the estate:
A former press photographer, Étienne Montès has taken over the family estates, Casenove and Saint-Luc. The La Garrigue and Torrespeyres vintages form the accessible core of the range. The Commandant-Jaubert vintage is produced only when the vintage is suitable. It is named after a sailor, Étienne’s great-great-uncle, who built the estate.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Selected Winery (Please note that this guide is a ranking, and as such, all the wineries listed here—even those without a star—represent, in our view, the pinnacle of French winemaking.)
About the estate:
Etienne Montès, a former renowned press photographer, has been at the helm of the family estate since the late 1980s. With his deep understanding of his terroirs and their potential, he produces a fine range of IGP Côtes Catalanes wines, ranging from simple, fruit-forward wines to full-bodied vintages—such as the highly acclaimed Commandant Jaubert. The VDNs are very serious in character but sometimes struggle to temper their warmth. The entire range is sincere and of good quality. Wine lovers will find beautiful, authentic wines here, capable of aging very well in the cellar. However, the wines are often heavy on alcohol, which detracts from their finesse and leads us to remove the estate’s star rating. A few technical and stylistic adjustments would likely suffice to refresh the style of these wines, whose depth of flavor is undeniable.
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