2013 Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  2/4/2023 - MaineMark Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for sediment, waited about 10 minutes and drank over 2 hours. Deep red and no signs of bricking. Beautiful nose of earth floor and fruit. Garrigue and black and some blue fruits. The finish might be a little short, but this delivers a huge amount of pleasure, and has benefitted tremendously from the extra 5 years in the cellar. Originally paid $<20 bottle, my wife noted: this tastes like an $85 bottle. She is right. Huge value here.

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  6/8/2017 - ohne_musik wrote: 90 Points

  Elegant vacqueyras - definitely the lighter side of S. Rhone. Attractive rosemary, garrigue, and meat on the nose. Medium palate, with good purity of black fruits coming through - plum, ripe fig. Meaty (iron, blood, but not really bacon) and herbaceous in a good way. Moderately grippy tannins. No heat poking through. Went superbly with venison.

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  6/13/2015 - karl.1480 wrote: 88 Points

  The color is clear, medium intensity ruby.
  
  The nose is youthful with a medium aroma intensity. Aromas of blackberries, raspberries, raw meat, bacon fat, blood, iron, garrigue and a hint of butterscotch.
  
  The wine is dry with a medium acidity, medium(+) tannins and body. The flavor intensity is medium with flavors of blackberries, garrigue, black pepper, violets, fudge and slaughtering bench. The finish is medium.
  
  I'm not as impressed with this as I was with their Garrigues. This lacks that purity and freshness I found in the Garrigues. This one has a disturbing butterscotch/fudge note and feels a bit pumped up. Still this is a fairly light styled, slender Southern Rhone red. May benefit from some ageing but I'm not convinced. Save yourself €2 and go for the Garrigues instead of the Le Clos.

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