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Le Carré is a single-vineyard of just over one and a half hectares that abuts Clos Fourtet near the centre of the town of Saint Emilion. The vines date back to the middle of the last century and have been completely re-terraced since the purchase of the vines in 2004 from Château Canon, Premier Cru Classé.
The 2011 boasts a dense purple color in addition to abundant quantities of black fruits, crushed rocks and flowers nicely wrapped in new oak, where it receives it's malolactic fermentation and ageing.
Solidly built, offering an impressive beam of raspberry and boysenberry fruit that pumps along, with a well-toasted frame and a graphite spine driving the finish. Just a touch stolid now, showing ample depth and persistence. Should stretch out well enough. This has come along very nicely since the barrel tasting.
The wine shows its wood aging at this stage, but also has swathes of ripe black fruits, sweet tannins and intense acidity. It’s the fruit that will drive this rounded wine, although the structure and dry tannins play a part in allowing it to age.
Big and rich with dark chocolate, meat and dried fruits. Full body, velvety tannins and a juicy finish. Needs three to five years to come together.
This parcel, owned by Jonathan Maltus, was carved out of a premier grand cru classe, and the terroir consists of a thin layer of clay over compacted white limestone. The 2011 Le Carre (85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc) reveals good minerality interwoven with blueberry liqueur, white flower and chalk dust characteristics in its medium to full-bodied, pure, rich, concentrated personality. The tannins are supple, and like most successful 2011s, the wine is silky and forward. This impressively-endowed St.-Emilion should drink well for 10-12 years. Only 300 cases were produced.
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