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2012 Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 12x75cl
06B2CFOU _ 2012 - Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Clos Fourtet
  • Region St Emilion
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2019 - 2032
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now

2012 - Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Clos Fourtet
  • Region St Emilion
  • Grape Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2019 - 2032
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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ⓘ Pricing Info
Case price: £980.64 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £81.72 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £780.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2013, Score: 91-94

    Yet another beauty from this superbly positioned Château. Full vibrant intense cherry fruit flavours, there is an excellent balance between the crisp red fruit structure and rounded silky tannins. A wine with length and class.

  • Goedhuis, April 2013, Score: 91-94

    Yet another beauty from this superbly positioned Château. Full vibrant intense cherry fruit flavours, there is an excellent balance between the crisp red fruit structure and rounded silky tannins. A wine with length and class.

  • Neal Martin, April 2013, Score: 91-93

    The Clos Fourtet has a far more restrained bouquet than exhibited in recent vintages, with well defined black cherries, fresh strawberry and a touch of cracked black pepper. The oak is very well integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with fresh blackberry and fresh raspberry fruit. It is missing a little depth on the mid-palate, but I appreciate the linearity and focus on the finish. Very fine.

  • Robert Parker, April 2013, Score: 93-95

    The 2012 Clos Fourtet was cropped at 32 hectoliters per hectare and achieved 14% natural alcohol. The final blend was 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. It offers an opaque dense purple color along with attractive blackberry, licorice, truffle and cassis fruit notes. It is full-bodied and dense with an authoritative mid-palate, sweet tannin and a layered mouthfeel that builds incrementally into a stunningly long finish. Precocious and charming already, it will drink better at an earlier age than the massive, prodigious 2009. Drink this killer St.-Emilion over the next 15+ years. Drink 2013 - 2028

  • James Suckling, April 2013, Score: 92-93

    This is a wine with layers of fruit and firm yet polished tannins. Full body, juicy and rich. It shows outstanding depth for the vintage.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2013, Score: 15.5

    Inky with purple rim. Rich, ripe and spicy. More damson than cassis but fresh. Chewy, some oak char, fruit not as rich on the palate as on the nose so finishes a touch too dry/stringy. (JH) Drink 2017-2024

  • Wine Spectator, April 2013, Score: 91-94

    Juicy and open, with a bright mix of strawberry, pomegranate and cherry fruit laced with a pleasantly firm structure. Shows more flesh and dark fruit with aeration, releasing a pleasant graphite note and hinting at buried perfume. Should be solid with some aging. —J.M.

Producer

Clos Fourtet

Unusually titled for a Bordelais property, Clos Fourtet gets its name from "Camp Fourtet" as it was originally used as a Medieval fort to protect the town of St Emilion.

Region

St Emilion

South of Pomerol lies the medieval, perched village of St Emilion. Surrounding St Emilion are vines that produce round, rich and often hedonistic wines. Despite a myriad of soil types, two main ones dominate - the gravelly, limestone slopes that delve down to the valley from the plateau and the valley itself which is comprised of limestone, gravel, clay and sand. Despite St Emilion's popularity today, it was not until the 1980s to early 1990s that attention was brought to this region. Robert Parker, the famous wine critic, began reviewing their Merlot-dominated wines and giving them hefty scores. The rest is history as they say. Similar to the Médoc, there is a classification system in place which dates from 1955 and outlines several levels of quality. These include its regional appellation of St Emilion, St Emilion Grand Cru, St Emilion Grand Cru Classé and St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé, which is further divided into "A" (Ausone and Cheval Blanc) and "B" (including Angélus, Canon, Figeac and a handful of others). To ensure better accuracy, the classification is redone every 10 years enabling certain châteaux to be upgraded or downgraded depending on on the quality of their more recent vintages.

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