2013 Betz Family Clos de Betz
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Note di degustazione
Bordeaux blend. Mainly Merlot. 65% aged in new French oak, 35% in second-fill barrels. Deep crimson. Meaty and concentrated with sweetness and structure but a bit less novel than the Rhône blend from this address. (JR)
Punteggi della critica
Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The only other 2013 reviewed on this go around (most were reviewed last year), the 2013 Clos de Betz checks in as a blend of 63% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Petit Verdot, mostly from Red Mountain and Yakima Valley, that spent 19 months in French oak. Sexy, supple, perfumed and beautifully complex, with notes of currants, dried flowers and an almost garrigue like perfume, this full-bodied beauty is already impossible to resist, yet will absolutely cruise for another 10-15 years.
(bottled at end of June after spending 19 months n 70% new oak): Bright medium ruby. Aromas and flavors of kirsch , black raspberry and molten dark chocolate. Plush, round and voluptuous without communicating any undue weight. Comes across as a bit less concentrated than the three 2013 Syrah bottlings--and lower in dry extract than the 2012 Clos de Betz--but boasts lovely energy and finesse. Best today on the subtle, rising finish.