Château Clos de Boüard: Tasting & Drinking
The wines of Château Clos de Boüard were a new and unexpected discovery for me, my first tasting of them made at the primeurs in April 2017. The 2016 vintage showed very well, carrying some notion of the success of this growing season. The 2017 was a good result in a difficult vintage, the vines suffering in the spring frost, as evidenced by the blend which is 100% Merlot, with none of the Cabernet Franc or Cabernet Sauvignon surviving the sub-zero conditions. I was thus hoping for better things in 2018, but while the wine felt slick and correct, it did not fire my imagination in the same manner as the 2016.
So much so that I wondered exactly what I had seen in 2016. I did not have to wonder for too long though, as the 2019, tasted during my ‘primeurs at home’ tastings in Scotland, suggested that the success seen in 2016 was one which could be repeated. And, lest we forget, this was in a vintage in which Coralie creamed off the very best three barrels for her Coeur de Coralie cuvée. It surely can’t be too long until those who happily hunt down the wines of Château La Fleur de Boüard should start adding one or two of these to the shopping basket. (23/12/20)
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