"The nose is marked by black cherry, licorice, flowers, and truffle. The wine is medium-bodied, with a lush, polished, silky, and fresh palate that perfectly complements all its ripe, pure, and energetic red fruits, as well as spices. This wine has really gained depth during its barrel aging. In fact, it is on par with older vintages from the 1940s and 1950s." (Jeff Leve 2021) - Delivery in wooden crates is available for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on the country and shipping method selected).
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Eye
Purple color, ruby highlights, beautiful brilliance
Nose
Delicate red fruit, floral scents of fresh roses and violets, enhanced by hints of white pepper.
Mouth
Lots of freshness on the attack, nice volume, racy tannic structure, juicy aromas of black cherries, blackberries, violets, long and flavorful finish enhanced with vanilla.
Serve
At 17-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2045
Production
80,000 bottles
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with duck parmentier, lasagna Bolognese, baked Mont d'Or cheese...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated 92-93/100
Rated estate (2020 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)
About the estate:
Jean-Marie Garde, president of the Pomerol syndicate, is also the owner of Clos René. This estate is located on 12 hectares of sandy-clay soil with iron-rich subsoil. Discreet and elegant, it always shows itself to its best advantage with age, as the 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Malbec assert themselves and give complexity over the years. Appearing frail in its youth, Clos René evolves with distinction and its tannins become slender and refined. It is a good buy for lovers of fine wine. Keep in the cellar for at least ten years.
Decanter
Rated domain Recommended
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2020 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
Jean-Marie Garde cultivates two vineyards bordering Pomerol, with similar terroir and grape varieties (including the unusual addition of Malbec): Clos René, a former family estate known in the 18th century as "Reney," and Moulinet-Lasserre, complemented by a vineyard in Lalande (La Mission).
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
Vinous
Wine rated (2023 guide) 94/100
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
About wine:
Clos René 2020 has become a powerful, structured wine, much more so than it was in the barrel. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, leather, and licorice are all amplified. This powerful, deep Pomerol certainly needs time to soften. 2025-2040
James Suckling
Wine rated (2023 guide) 93/100
About wine:
Beautiful aromas of blackberry with hints of fresh mushrooms and wildflowers. Full-bodied with fine tannins that give the wine concentration and structure. Fresh and vibrant on the finish. Very fine structure here. Very typical. Try after 2027.
Terre de Vins
Wine rated (2021 guide) 93/100
About wine:
Beautiful, full fruit, direct, immediately appealing, ripe without excess, with well-integrated aging. The palate has good density and body, and the whole is easy to drink and marked by lovely bitter notes.
The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve
Wine rated (2023 guide) 93/100
About wine:
The nose is marked by black cherry, licorice, flowers, and truffle. The wine is medium-bodied, with a lush, polished, silky, and fresh palate that perfectly complements all its ripe, pure, and energetic red fruits, as well as spices. This wine has really gained depth during its barrel aging. In fact, it is on par with older vintages from the 1940s and 1950s. Drink between 2024 and 2045.
Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing
Wine rated (2021 guide) 93-95/100
About wine:
Very attractive nose of graphite, licorice, slightly smoky and fresh. Elegantly fleshy and mellow on the palate, well-structured with volume and, above all, freshness. Very attractive, structuring tannins without being firm. Great potential for an estate that validates the efforts of previous years.
Customer rating
4.1/5
based on 8 reviews
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