2022 CLOS MANOU Cuvée 1850 Médoc, Lea & Sandeman

CLOS MANOU

2022 Cuvée 1850 Médoc

Grapes Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Other Practising Organic
Sub-district Médoc
Classification Cuvée 1850
ABV 14%

From: Going Back to My Roots: Putting Liber Pater In Context (Jun 2023)

The 2022 Clos Manou Cuvée 1850, which is aged two-thirds in Wine Globe and the rest in wood, has a delightful bouquet with blackberry, briary, iris flower and lavender scents. The palate is medium-bodied with a lightly peppered opening, pretty saline, fine acidity and depth. Something almost medicinal toward the finish oddly reminds me of a Mourvèdre! There is a coolness here that is very appealing. Drinking range: 2025 - 2045 Rating: 92-94 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jul 2023)


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Old vines in hot vintages are always a good bet, and these are considerably older than most, clocking in at somewhere around 170 years. Always a wine with a saline twist, and it somehow seems even more heightened in 2022, contrasting with richly textured sinewy tannins and sweet bilberry fruits, edges of tomato leaf and soy, a freshness that I have not found in many wines. Distinctive, edge of austerity right now, mouthwatering finish, thoroughly worth seeking out, great stuff from Stephane Dief. Harvest September 21. TIny quantities though - the whole production will be aged in one new oak barrel and two glass Wine Globes for 12 months, then after blending moved into an earthenware jarre for a further eight months. Drinking range: 2026 - 2042 Rating: 95 Jane Anson, Decanter (May 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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