Clos Puy Arnaud - Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 b5952cb1c3ab96cb3c8c63cfb3dccaca

Vinifera

89-91 / 100

byJacques Perrinthe5/28/2018

Notes fruitées et mentholées avec des nuances de cacao. Bouche gourmande, à la texture suave et au très joli volume. Le tanin est extrait avec justesse, parfaitement enrobé et la finale offre un certain relief.

The Wine Cellar Insider

85-87 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/11/2018

Bright red fruits, licorice and spice lead things off. Medium bodied and vinified for early drinking, the finish is bright and crisp.

Vinous

86-88 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

The 2017 Clos Puy Arnaud felt a little over-extracted on the nose with touches of prune infusing the red berry fruit. The palate is sweet and candied on the entry, smooth in texture with some quality new oak rounding off the edge, although I wonder how much substance lies underneath? Maybe a fine early-drinking Côtes de Castillon?

Wine Advocate

82-84 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/27/2018

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Clos Puy Arnaud gives crushed black plums and blackberries aromas with suggestions of chargrill, tar and anise. The palate is medium-bodied and a little tart, with a chewy frame and fruit that verges on lean, finishing a little short.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

15,5 / 20

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/17/2018

Decanter.com

91 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/9/2018

This is bright, with tension and hold throughout the palate. It’s lacking some of the brightness and generosity to the fruit texture that you’d find here in a usual year. This wine really tells of the challenges faced by the Right Bank during the vintage. It has a gorgeous balance and bounce, and – as ever – Thierry Valette has managed to give a focused tension to the blueberry and blackcurrant fruits. Just 19hl/h due to frost, aged in 15% new oak, spread across Bordeaux and Burgundy barrels, and oak casks. This should provide great drinkability over the next 5 to 15 years.

Wine Spectator

87-90 / 100

byJames Molesworththe4/4/2018

Fresh and direct, with floral lift to the raspberry and red currant coulis notes. Breezy finish.—J.M.