Clos de Tart - Grand Cru Monopole 2017 (750ml)
Price: $999.99
| Producer | Clos de Tart |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Clos de Tart |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Sku | 7187 |
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Clos de Tart is located in the village of Morey-Saint-Denis at the heart of Burgundy's prestigious terroirs of the Côte-d'Or. Thanks to its history and terroir, the estate occupies a unique position in the Côte de Nuits.
Clos de Tart Description
Compared to 2016 - a vintage that shows all the traits of a concentrated year - the hallmarks of 2017 are its elegance and freshness. It has a lovely depth and a complex aromatic spectrum with both fruity (red fruits that show more blackberry hints with aeration) and floral (notably violet and rose) notes. with a very precise structure, characteristic of Clos de Tart in its best years.
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is showing a bit of new oak on the nose, but it is simpatico with the pure red cherries, cranberry and wild strawberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and a silver bead of acidity, full of tension and surfeit with energy. There is superb salinity on the finish, which lingers long in the mouth. Sexy and quite sensual, this is a wine that needs time for the terroir to come through.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is a little shut down after its recent bottling, but it is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, plums, wilted rose petals, peonies and dark chocolate, with only hints of the complexity to come with bottle age. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, supple and succulent, with an ample and enveloping core of fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids, displaying good concentration and concluding with a long and perfumed finish. This is a fine showing for Clos de Tart, and despite its elegance, this 2017 will evidently reward bottle age.
Burghound: 93 Points
A much more floral-inflected nose is equally fresh and ripe with a broader range of spice elements adding breadth to the pretty red and blue pinot fruit aromas that are trimmed in noticeable if not invasive wood. The caressing and wonderfully vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess better mid-palate density before concluding in a lingering, balanced and much more complex finale. I like the focused drive of the finish; indeed this could aptly be described as a wine that delivers power without weight. I would further note that the 2017 is a relatively elegant example and, like the La Forge, a wine that could be approached on the earlier side, which is to say after 7 to 8 years.
