Clos Floridene
Graves Blanc White Bordeaux Blend
Graves, Bordeaux, France
Nose has warmed pear, wildflower honey, dried grapefruit peel and cold butter.
Palate has baked yellow apple & pear, fading citrus notes, sandstone-like minerality, under-ripe white peach and hint of dried apricots on the long finish.
This wine has improved markedly in two years since from our last bottle. As usual, it's the last bottle, but should anyone be holding 2010, no concerns for 4-6 more years. Solid bottle from a very solid vintage, just coming into it's prime, when in proper storage.
Paired tonight with some beautiful cuts of Halibut, perfectly cooked in sous vide. Accompanied by roasted broccoli, shallots and lemons, just stellar with this bottle.
Decanted ~2hrs.
Nose has warmed pear, wildflower honey, dried grapefruit peel and cold butter.
Palate has baked yellow apple & pear, fading citrus notes, sandstone-like minerality, under-ripe white peach and hint of dried apricots on the long finish.
This wine has improved markedly in two years since from our last bottle. As usual, it's the last bottle, but should anyone be holding 2010, no concerns for 4-6 more years. Solid bottle from a very solid vintage, just coming into it's prime, when in proper storage.
Paired tonight with some beautiful cuts of Halibut, perfectly cooked in sous vide. Accompanied by roasted broccoli, shallots and lemons, just stellar with this bottle.
Decanted ~2hrs.
Pronounced aromas of bruised pear skin, smoke, crushed walnuts and musk melon. Silky and full on entry with moderate, well-integrated oak that gives way to a surprisingly racy, mineral finish. It's brighter than the nose belies, and nicely balanced. Fleshier notes subside to limestone and gravel intertwining lemon pith, the finish is actually quite mouthwatering. 13.5% ABV I Sample
Pronounced aromas of bruised pear skin, smoke, crushed walnuts and musk melon. Silky and full on entry with moderate, well-integrated oak that gives way to a surprisingly racy, mineral finish. It's brighter than the nose belies, and nicely balanced. Fleshier notes subside to limestone and gravel intertwining lemon pith, the finish is actually quite mouthwatering. 13.5% ABV I Sample
May 15th, 2016Seriously good juice - lots of minerality
Seriously good juice - lots of minerality
Jan 26th, 2015
Un beau grave bien type et pas marqué par l élevage
Un beau grave bien type et pas marqué par l élevage
Aug 29th, 2016
Very refreshing, 51% sav blanc and 49% Semillon. Ripe green bananas, apricot, pineapple aged in oak 8 mo.
Very refreshing, 51% sav blanc and 49% Semillon. Ripe green bananas, apricot, pineapple aged in oak 8 mo.
May 13th, 2016
@Sylvain Guittard a raison, c'est très très bien fait. Et j'y connais rien en Bordeaux mais ça c'est bon. Simple mais très propre. Bel équilibre. Encore. Merci :-)
@Sylvain Guittard a raison, c'est très très bien fait. Et j'y connais rien en Bordeaux mais ça c'est bon. Simple mais très propre. Bel équilibre. Encore. Merci :-)
Jan 16th, 2015Great wine mineraly smokey loads of fruit melon being the easyest for me to taste great find 2010 vintage
Great wine mineraly smokey loads of fruit melon being the easyest for me to taste great find 2010 vintage
Dec 24th, 2014Owner Wine Watch Selections
Pink Grapefruit melon and fig with a musky note and gravelly mineral notes nice concentration and depth. Finish 40
Pink Grapefruit melon and fig with a musky note and gravelly mineral notes nice concentration and depth. Finish 40