Clos du Marquis - Saint Julien 2012 750ML AmericanWest26 with a plush texture

with a plush texture

The finish is lovely

Detailed wine

plush tannins supporting the spicy fruit

The grapes from the two different altitudes balance to give a round and elegant wine with an aroma of ripe red berries

Clos du Marquis - Saint Julien 2012 750ML AmericanWest26 with a plush textureTasted blind at the Bordeaux 2012 Southwold tasting. The 2012 Clos du Marquis has a very intense bouquet, the more fruit driven of all the Saint Julien 2012s with layers of black cherries and cranberry fruit, an undercurrent of autumn leaves and cigar box. The palate is medium bodied with fine definition: smooth and very harmonious, quite intense on the entry and yet without that long sustain on the finish. That does not matter too much, because what