Clos Jacobins Vintage:2009

Clos Jacobins Vintage:2009Medium full bodied, soft, silky, fresh, earthy and floral, there is sweetness and depth to the fruit, and the right amount of polish to the tannins, providing an elegant, silky experience. Close to f mature, no decanting needed, drink this over the next 10 15 years.

The grapes fermented in open wooden vats and carried out the malolactic fermentation in oak barrels

a blend of 69% Tempranillo

release after release

this hasn't changed a great deal since my last review except that the length is now even more phenomenal and the supporting tannins are a bit more apparent

this both caresses and stimulates the palate with a kaleidoscopically interactive array of those diverse and exotic elements that on the nose signaled its ripeness and botrytis ennoblement

tea and iron flavors are channeled by bracing acidity and refined tannins in this racy red

spice and lovely floral elements

there is impressive delineation in situ

The resulting wine is a little lighter

Once again my projected range offers the benefit of the doubt that the dryness will eventually round out with some time in bottle

with a streamlined shape on the palate and a long

The south-facing hillside named Noiré has clay-limestone soil