Clos Fourtet Vintage:2005 this is an attractive mix

this is an attractive mix of beautiful fruit and ample Gevrey character

blackberry and blueberry fruit

spicy wine without the depth of the splendid 2001

A more deeply pitched and brooding nose only grudgingly reveals its aromas of cassis plum liqueur and pungent earth where the latter is also found on the vibrant and well-detailed big-bodied and tautly muscular flavors that deliver excellent depth and persistence

drought-driven growing season

Clos Fourtet Vintage:2005 this is an attractive mixThe 2015 Clos Fourtet has a sensual, warm bouquet with chestnut and smoke tinged red fruit, well defined and more understated than its peers. The palate is medium bodied with fine tannin, elegant and refined, silky and smooth in texture with beautifully poised red cherry and cranberry notes toward the finish. A tang of tobacco lingers on the aftertaste. Stunning. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting. Neal Martin