Clos Floridène rouge - Graves 2017

Wine Advocate

89

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe3/16/2020

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Clos Floridene gives up aromas of coffee, fragrant earth and dried herbs over baked black cherries, warm plums and boysenberries. The palate is medium-bodied, firm and chewy with a good core of muscular fruit and a spicy finish.

Vinous

90

byAntonio Gallonithe3/11/2020

The 2017 Clos Floridene is gorgeous. Ripe red cherry, blood orange, rose petal, mint and spice all flesh out in this pretty and nuanced Graves. Sweet floral notes add an enticing upper register. Pliant and supple, the 2017 is wonderfully expressive today. Tasted two times.

Wine Enthusiast

91

byRoger Vossthe3/1/2020

This ripe, spicy wine from the Dubourdieu domaines is balanced and full of attractive berry fruits. Firm tannins and fresh acidity go together with the richness and structure of the perfumed fruit. Drink from 2022.

Wine Spectator

91

byJames Molesworththe2/7/2020

Bracing, featuring lemon peel and white peach flavors, laced with ample zing on the quinine-tinged finish. Moderate in scale, this is nevertheless a pure rapier of a white. Bring on the oysters. Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. Drink now through 2023. 3,333 cases made. — JM

Vinous

90

byNeal Martinthe2/1/2020

The 2017 Clos Floridène, the Graves château owned by Florence and the late Denis Dubourdieu, has a well defined bouquet with perfumed blackberry and iris aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a judicious sprinkle of black pepper on the finish. This consistent performer just goes and produces (yet another) delicious Graves that comes recommended.

Vinifera

90

byJacques Perrinthe5/28/2018

Bonne intensité fruitée. Il se caractérise par une forme en bouche ciselée, axée sur l’équilibre et la fraîcheur. Très jolie finale.

Vinous

88-90

byAntonio Gallonithe5/15/2018

The 2017 Clos Floridene is laced with the essence of dark cherry, plum, chocolate, licorice and new leather. Dense and voluptuous, with quite a bit of density, Clos Floridene is one of the richer more unctuous reds of the appellation in 2017. There is no shortage of depth to this super-expressive Graves. Tasted two times.

Vinous

88-90

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

The 2017 Clos Floridène Rouge has a well defined bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, singed leather and light cedar aromas that gain intensity in the glass whilst remaining classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, plenty of pencil lead infused black fruit with just the right amount of dryness on the finish to beckon another sip. Very fine.

WeinWisser

17

byRené Gabrielthe4/25/2018

Granatrubin mit teuchtender Mitte und violetten Reflexen.. Sattes Cassisbouquet mit feinrauchigen Nuancen und Veilchenduft. Am Gaumen mit spürbarem Rückgrat, die Sâure ist gut eingebettet, zart aufrauend. lm ele-ganten Finale mit rotbeerigen Konturen.

17/20 2022 — 2032

Wine Enthusiast

91-93

byRoger Vossthe4/17/2018

Wine Spectator

89-92

byJames Molesworththe4/4/2018

Black cherry and black currant fruit glides through, with light anise and tar accents, staying graceful through the finish.—J.M.

Jancis Robinson

15,5

byJancis Robinsonthe4/1/2018

Very ripe and lifted, black-cherry aroma. Ripe-fruited and juicy, plays more to ripeness than to charm and finishes a little bitter. But tannins are relatively silky. (JH) Julia Harding MW

Bettane & Desseauve

14,5

by Bettane & Desseauvethe3/31/2018

Fraîcheur fruitée, bonne intensité.

Decanter.com

87

byJane Ansonthe3/26/2018

Jean-Jacques Dubourdieu has done a good job with this wine. There's a little more extraction than some - a sign of confidence in his clay-red sand and gravel soils in the commune of Pujols-sur-Ciron, on the approach to Barsac. Aged in 33% new oak, this has a lift and sense of minerality through the palate, with fairly juicy blackberry markers. The acidity finishes just a little high, as I am finding in a lot of the red Graves this year, but it's a good wine with attractive weight. Medium-term.

Drinking Window 2020 - 2028