Product Overview
Varietal Composition: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, followed by Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
Appellation: Saint Estephe AOC
Aging: French oak, 30-40% new
92 Points - Wine Enthusiast
"This is a dense wine, packed with black fruits and rich tannins. The dominance of Cabernet Sauvignon gives the wine its ripe, juicy black-currant flavors and good acidity. This 56-acre estate has made a wine that will age well. Drink from 2025." -RV, 4/1/18
(87-89) Points - Vinous
"The 2015 Clauzet is a pretty, fruit-driven Saint-Estèphe. Bold and forward in style, with lovely juiciness and plenty of up-front fruit. Although not especially complex, nor typical of the appellation the 2015 offers lovely freshness and aromatic lift. It should drink well with minimal cellaring." -AG, Apr/2016
88 Points - Wine Advocate
"Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois annual tasting, the 2015 Clauzet has a feisty but engaging bouquet with plenty of red cherry, cranberry and crushed strawberry fruit that leaps from the glass. The palate is fleshy and confit-like on the entry with plenty of cranberry and pomegranate fruit, nicely judged acidity with a hint of spice toward the cohesive finish. It will need a couple of years in bottle but there is good potential here. This is another Saint-Estèphe 2015 that has shown improvement in bottle versus barrel. Tasted September 2017." -NM, 10/31/17
