Vincent Careme, Vouvray Clos Vintage:2022 Once again there is superb

Once again there is superb mid-palate density to the opulent yet exceptionally serious and imposingly-scaled flavors that are shaped by a firm core of robust tannins on the hugely long yet impeccably well-balanced finish where the wood resurfaces and it’s not subtle

the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Bosché Vineyard comes prancing out of the glass with showy Black Forest cake

(from Les Crais

note that this now has the 1er portion declassified into it and the domaine will continue to do this going forward

long and holding on to its last vestiges of youth

Vincent Careme, Vouvray Clos Vintage:2022 Once again there is superbCalcareous limestone soils. More density and flesh than Le Peu Morier, with sweet fruit on the palate yet balanced, mineral and dry on the finish. Subtle and certainly a high class Vouvray. 12 months in oak but you wouldnt know it. Long future. (AWH)