2018 CLOS MANOU Médoc, Lea & Sandeman

CLOS MANOU

2020 Médoc

Grapes Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Médoc
ABV 13.5%

70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc L&S (May 2021)


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Raspberries, mulberries, maltesers and bay leaves here. Graphite, too. It’s medium-bodied, with fine-grained tannins. Excellent balance and freshness with a mineral finish. Better after 2025. Rating: 91 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2023)

Inky colour, sinewy muscular tannins, cassis fruits, cocoa bean, rich and nuanced dark fruits, peppered with turmeric spice and crushed rocks, proving yet again why this is a Médoc wine that any serious Bordeaux lover should get to know. Still very much in its primary, almost en primeur phase, but has all the necessary ingredients to soften over next two to three years, and to age for many more, with old school Left Bank signature. Owned by Françoise and Stéphane Dief, the property is located in St Christoly du Médoc. 60% new oak, with the rest in the mix of terracotta jars known as Dolia and concrete eggs. Unfined, and only lightly filtered. Drinking range: 2024 - 2040 Rating: 93 Jane Anson, Decanter (Mar 2023)

The 2020 Clos Manou is an opulent, flamboyant wine, just as it was en primeur. A rush of black cherry jam, chocolate, new leather, spice and sweet oak saturates the palate. All the elements are so well-balanced in a 2020 that is irresistible, even now. Drinking range: 2024 - 2035 Rating: 92 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)

Clos Manou

"We turned our garage into a makeshift wine cellar and made our first wine in 1998.” Françoise and Stéphane Dief. Which sounds impossibly idyllic! In a region of grand estates with long complicated histories the arrivistes of Clos Manou are a refreshing change. Starting with just .12ha of vines, the Diefs have patiently spent 15 years building their holding up to 18ha, along the way absorbing the obscure Cru Bourgeois of Château Cantegrive. The estate may be 'new' but amongst their holdings are Bordeaux’s oldest vines – they have a small pre-phylloxera parcel from the 1850’s. The estate is centred on the village of Saint-Christoly de Médoc in the increasingly popular area of the Haut-Médoc to the north of Saint Estèphe. All of Clos Manou’s vineyards are high-density plantings – some 10 000 vines per hectare – and all are converted to organic farming as soon as is practical. Grape variety proportions are 45% each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with 6% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. The first wine is aged in 100% new wood. The second wine is called Petit Manou.

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