Domaine Vincent Carême Vouvray Le Clos 2022
'The Le Clos is Vincent’s top premium wine from his favourite vineyard that sits high on the slopes overlooking the Loire River. This vineyard can be seen in the photo in the introduction to these wines. The yields from this vineyard with its 65 year old vines are very low at only 20 hectolitres per hectare.
It is a dry white wine made entirely from Chenin Blanc grapes from the flint, clay and tuffeau soils in the Le Clos vineyard that displays notes of pear and wild peaches, a generous palate and rich fruitiness along with citrus overtones.
Fermentation and maturation was partly in an amphora made of ceramic material and the rest in 400 litre French oak barrels.
There is approximately 4 grams per litre of residual sugar in the Le Clos which is the perfect amount to balance the natural acidity in wines from this region. It is a wine for drinking now or for keeping for five years. A true treasure from the Vouvray appellation.'
- Living Wines
Jancis Robinson again:
“Thrilling. Gentle insistence, long legged lines of acidity. Super fine on the finish, tingling with lemon. So young and yet already stunning.”