2018 | Jean-Baptiste Audy | Clos du Clocher 9L

This half bottle of the 2018 vintage has a very perfumed nose, including dark berries, vanilla, liquorice and hints of chocolate. On the palate, the wine is medium to full body, revealing bright fruit, polished tannins and a touch of mint on the finish.

Reviews:

• VertdeVin: The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a certain intensity, power and a beautiful fleshy fruit. It reveals notes of fleshy blackberry, small pulpy wild berries, small notes of plum associated with touches of raspberry, cherry as well as fine hints of toasted, spices, tobacco and a discreet hint of pepper. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers freshness, minerality, an acidulous frame as well as a beautiful definition, dynamism and a fine/very discreetly tight grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/ripe raspberry, ripe cherry, small notes of juicy/acidulous cassis associated with touches of plum, violet as well as discreet hints of tonka bean, cardamom, tobacco, a subtle hint of toasted and a discreet hint of pepper. A very fine chew on the persistence. Tannins are well-built.

• Falstaff: Deep dark ruby ​​garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge lightening. In the nose a hint of coconut and nougat, black heart cherry fruit, fine precious wood spice. Very powerful on the palate, ripe, round tannins, hints of nougat, mineral, very persistent, pleasant freshness, muscular finish.

Producer Information

Jean-Baptiste Audy is family-run négociant firm based in Libourne and owner of a number of châteaux estates across Bordeaux's Right Bank (the appellations on the right bank of the Dordogne river), including properties in Pomerol, Lussac-Saint-Émilion and Lalande de Pomerol.
Operating from its base on the Quai du Priourat on the very banks of the Dordogne in Libourne town (a historic négociant location – JP Janoueix is a neighbor and JP Moueix is a few doors down), Jean-Baptiste Audy also has exclusive trade and distribution partnerships with numerous châteaux.
The company is perhaps best known for its ownership of wine estates in nearby appellations. These include:
Clos de Clocher (Pomerol), a 4.6 hectare (11 acre) property divided into three plots on iron-rich clay soils, planted to 70 percent Merlot with the remainder Cabernet Franc just outside the hamlet of Catusseau, not far from Le Pin and Vieux Château Certan;
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol), a 9.4 hectare (23 acre) estate at the southwestern end of the appellation, on the outskirts of Libourne, planted to 90 percent Merlot and ten percent Cabernet Franc;
Château Monregard La Croix (Pomerol), a 1.3 hectare (3.2 acre) plot of Merlot that was originally part of the wider Clos du Clocher property but on sandier soils and is now vinified separately;
Château du Courlat (Lussac-Saint-Émilion), one of Audy's top châteaux, the 17-hectare (42-acre) Courlat is planted predominantly to Merlot, with a fraction of Cabernet Franc. The estate also produces Cuvée Jean-Baptise from the best parcels on the property which is aged for 20 months in French oak. A rosé – Le Rosé du Courlat – is also produced;
Château Les Hauts-Conseillants (Lalande de Pomerol), a ten-hectare (25 acre) property covering two vineyards, one in Néac and one in Lalande de Pomerol, planted to around 90 percent Merlot and ten percent Cabernet Franc.
For some of its estates, Audy employs the services of renowned enologist Michel Rolland's wine consultancy firm.
The company was founded in 1906 by Jean-Baptiste Audy, and today is run by his great-grandson, Jean-Baptiste Bourotte. As well as distribution deals with a number of estates across the wider Bordeaux region, the firm also produces a number of négoce labels including the likes of Audy Bordeaux rouge and Jean Baptiste Audy Brut – a Crémant de Bordeaux.

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