Clos du Marquis - Saint-Julien 2022

Alexandre Ma

95

byAlexandre Mathe3/10/2025

Like many tannin-rich Saint-Julien wines, Clos du Marquis 2022 showcases a powerful structure and impressive depth. What sets it apart, however, is its ethereal violet fragrance and finely polished tannins, allowing it to stand out in a hot vintage. It sings boldly in the wind while maintaining its hallmark elegance. Upon opening, the fruit aromas are initially reserved, but a gentle swirl reveals a symphony of dried plum, bayberry, and salted plum, intertwined with the refined spiciness of licorice, cinnamon, and rosemary. Compared to previous vintages, Clos du Marquis 2022 exhibits greater depth and energy, suggesting that after a decade of aging, it might stand shoulder-to-shoulder with its sibling, Léoville-Las Cases.

Wine Advocate

94

byWilliam Kelleythe3/7/2025

The 2022 Clos du Marquis is lovely, unwinding in the glass with notes of inky berries and cherries mingled with attractive floral nuances of rose petals and violets. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and suave, it's layered and concentrated, with a dense and lively core of fruit, beautiful purity and a long, penetrating finish.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

92

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

As of this vintage, the vines that were in le Petit Marquis have been included back into Clos du Marquis (and this is the last vintage before it heads over into its own separate winery). It's good quality, chalky texture to the tannins, controlled power, bitter black chocolate, cocoa bean 53% new oak for ageing.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95

byJeff Levethe3/4/2025

Clos du Marquis

Jeb DUNNUCK

95

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

The 2022 Clos Du Marquis is rich, concentrated, and serious, with cassis, graphite, spring flowers, and chalky minerality developing with time in the glass. Full-bodied and incredibly pure on the palate, it has bright acidity, building tannins, and a great finish. This structured yet elegant Saint-Julien should evolve well for at least 2-3 decades if well stored.

Yvesbeck.wine

96

byYves Beckthe2/25/2025

45.5% Merlot, 44.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc Le Clos du Marquis affiche d'entrée de la fraîcheur avec des nuances mentholées complétées par des parfums de baies noires. Friand et salivant dès l'attaque, le vin convainc par son aptitude à créer le lien entre les côtés suaves et puissants. Il s'est bien émancipé de Las Cases et fait son propre chemin. Idéalement consolidé par des tannins aux grains fins, le milieu de bouche assure l'essentiel et précède une finale juteuse et persistante. Un vin qui allie charme, puissance et subtilité. Certainement un des plus grands Clos du Marquis ! 2030-2050 96/100

Vinous

94

byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Clos du Marquis has held on to its generous, perfumed, floral bouquet that shades the preceding Le Petit Lion. This has plenty of black cherry, blackcurrant, cedar and pencil box aromas. It's opulent compared to its peers yet beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins. It is seductive, with a satin-like texture and a poised, prolonged finish. This has stepped up a level during barrel maturation. It's wonderful.

Jamessuckling.com

96

byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

A scented, fresh and polished Clos du Marquis that shows tension. Medium- to full-bodied, this has blueberries and red berries with attractive minerality. A hint of pencil shavings as well. The tannins are fresh and really chalky and dissolved. 45.5% merlot, 44.5% cabernet sauvignon and 10% cabernet franc. Superb balance makes it pure, almost a bit ethereal and already inviting, but this should be approached after 2028.

Vinous

93

byAntonio Gallonithe1/28/2025

The 2022 Clos du Marquis is gorgeous. Resonant and quite expressive, it possesses notable textural depth and plenty of presence but never feels heavy. Inky dark-toned fruit, spice, new leather and licorice all flow across the palate. The 2022 will be an absolute delight to drink over the next 10-15 years.

Wine Spectator

93

byJames Molesworththe1/22/2025

This sports a strapping feel, with blackberry and boysenberry compote notes that show solid, brambly energy, backed by licorice snap and roasted apple wood, while a streak of warm earth runs underneath. Shows the warmth of the vintage, but with good latent energy. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2026 through 2040.

Wine Maniacs

93-94

byLin Liuthe5/30/2023

Decanter.com

93

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

Dark bramble fruit on the nose with touches of graphite, violets, pencil shaving, liquorice, ink, dark chocolate and mocha. Forward and open, rich and opulent, such intensity of dark fruits giving power, concentration and forward motion but so sleek and sensuous. This is confident but serious in that it expands vertically growing in complexity and gaining more density and velvety texture. Acidity is there but not so pronounced putting the emphasis more on the construction. Feels extremely well made with precision and long length. 3.70pH. 84IPT. A yield of 33hl/ha.

Alexandre Ma

93-95

byAlexandre Mathe5/17/2023

Like many tannin-rich Saint-Julien wines, Clos du Marquis 2022 also boasts a powerful structure and depth. Its fruitiness is somewhat subtle, a delightful bouquet of plum, bayberry, and plum sugar fills the air, alongside the enchanting fragrance of licorice, cinnamon, and rosemary. Compared to previous vintages of Clos du Marquis, the 2022 vintage boasts a more profound body and a greater sense of energy, exuding a hint of regal power that only a true lion can possess.

The Vintage Journal

95-96

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Deep crimson. Intense violet, cassis, dark chocolate aromas with cedar notes. Generously concentrated and silky textured wine with pure cassis blackberry inky flavours and beautifully ripe tannins, . A touch of savoury complexity and fresh linear acidity. This should evolve very well. 45.5% Merlot, 44.5% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Cabernet Franc 53% new oak 7% press wine 14.25% alc

matthewjukes.com

18

byMatthew Jukesthe5/15/2023

The Wine Independent

92-94

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

A blend of 45.5% Merlot, 44.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Clos du Marquis has a deep garnet-purple color. It charges out of the gate with notes of crème de cassis, plum preserves, and juicy blueberries, followed by wafts of dried roses, fertile loam, and unsmoked cigars. The medium-bodied palate has lovely freshness and fine-grained tannins framing the exuberant black fruits, finishing with a refreshing lift.

Yvesbeck.wine

94-96

byYves Beckthe5/10/2023

Beaucoup de subtilité, de finesse avec une belle symbiose entre fraîcheur, épices et nuances fruitées. Invitantes notes de bâtons de réglisse et de baies noires. Le vin est dense, compact, puissant. Il est idéalement soutenu par des tannins ronds et par une structure vive. Dans l'ensemble, ce vin a gagné en personnalité. Il garde son charme mais a un peu plus de muscle. Un Clos du Marquis qui fait un saut en avant et qui se positionne parmi les grands vins de St-Julien.

Bettane & Desseauve

95-96

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/10/2023

Nez de grande race sur le graphite, corps magnifique, parfait dosage du bois, bref, tout ce qu’on attend d'un clos-du-marquis complexe et noble.

Jeb DUNNUCK

95-97

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

I loved the 2022 Clos Du Marquis, which is a brilliant effort, if not the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted. Cassis, graphite, and floral notes all define the bouquet, and it's full-bodied, with ultra-fine tannins and flawless balance. It shows the ripe, concentrated, powerful style of the vintage yet is incredibly pure and seamless, with everything in the right places. It's going to round into form with just a few years of bottle age but have decades of prime drinking.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95

byJeff Levethe5/5/2023

Loaded with blackberries, and creme de cassis, the wine offers its layers of mouth-coating dark fruits, ripe, firm, soft tannins, and long, intense, mid-palate with no effort. Classified Growth in quality, the wine finishes with cool spearmint, lush, dark red berries, richness and length. The wine was made from a blend of 45.5% Merlot, 44.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc. 14.25% ABV. Drink from 2026-2042.

Wine Advocate

93-95

byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

"We've never seen such refined Cabernet Sauvignon at this property," says Jean-Hubert Delon of the 2022 Clos du Marquis, and the resulting wine is certainly unusually suave and expressive, bursting with aromas of cassis, plums, orange zest, violets and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with excellent concentration, supple tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish, it will likely offer a rather broad drinking window. 93 - 95+

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

92

byJane Ansonthe4/20/2023

Cocoa bean, smoked coffee bean, intense tannins, powerful with depth and concentration, dense tannins, cassis and baked plum fruits, a ton of dark pepper spice, and baked earth, expands outwards through the palate, plenty of St Julien character. 34 hl/ha, 53% new barrels, 3.7ph. As of this vintage, the vines that were in le Petit Marquis have been included back into Clos du Marquis.

Jamessuckling.com

95-96

byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

Structured and fluffy with a blanket of fine tannins. Full-bodied yet agile and floating. Juicy at the end. Excellent finish. Lots of lead pencil and crushed stone at the end. 45.5% merlot, 44.5% cabernet sauvignon and 10% cabernet franc.