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Clos Marie Les Métairies du Clos

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate : 93-94 +/100
Les meilleurs vins de France 2010 : 18/20
Bettane&Desseauve 2010 : 15/20

Les meilleurs vins de France 2010 :

Bettane&Desseauve, Grand Guide des Vins de France 2010 :

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate :
« Initial overtones of game and chocolate in the 2007 Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint-Loup Metairies du Clos Vieilles Vignes – Carignan and Grenache with a small measure of Syrah – are in part a legacy of its slightly oxidative state prior to sulfuring. Beneath that, and on the palate, is a wonderful saturation of ripe black raspberry and cassis, decadently sweet, lily-like floral perfume, aromatic tropical woods, and black tea. The striking minerality here is saline and iodine-like, which perfectly supports the wine’s almost explosively bright and vivacious back end (and this with no added sulfur !). Palpably high extract and palate-staining persistence are here allied to a refinement of tannin and correspondingly caressing texture that goes beyond the already remarkable pleasures of the cuvee Simon. I imagine this will be worth cellaring for at least a decade. »

La Revue du vin de France, juillet-août 2009
N° 9 des 100 plus grands vins du Languedoc
« François Julien et Christophe Peyrus ont bâti un des domaines les plus attachants du paysage languedocien contemporain. Composé de grenache, carignan et syrah, Les Métairies du Clos se distingue par une tenue exemplaire de finesse et de délicatesse de fruit. »