Clos de Tart 2021

Clos de Tart 2021

the sauvage

black-cherry

the palate echoes the nose with the same rich

Otherwise there is excellent volume to the equally muscular big-bodied flavors that are richer but don't quite have the same sense of underlying tension before terminating in a palate coating and quite firmly structured finish that delivers terrific length

floral and stone elements that confer serious depth onto the red

It is immediately clear that this is a bigger and more powerful wine that possesses outstanding mid-palate density and a huge reserve of dry extract that imparts a seductive mouth feel and mostly buffers the exceptionally firm tannic spine on the massively long finish

and cassis scents that seem so easy to obtain with this varietal in California

Azsu-paste and a mango-scented nose that is incredibly intense

Of all the Rousseau wines

quite elegant and complex

sexy and still balanced

There is more volume and certainly more punch to the overtly stony medium weight flavors that possess outstanding delineation before terminating in a youthfully austere