The 2016 Clos Fourtet is a stellar Saint-Émilion, earning 100 points from Decanter —a testament to its exceptional quality. Crafted from 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc, it offers deep layers of blackberry, dark cherry, chocolate, and wet stone minerality with a cool, polished structure. Silky tannins and vibrant freshness carry through a long, elegant finish. With its finesse, richness, and balance, this Premier Grand Cru Classé is a cellar-worthy wine that will age beautifully through 2075.

Decanter | D 100
Published: Apr 19, 2023
Drink: 2023-2075

So amazingly nuanced, such elegance combined with ripeness, a vintage that many say is wonderful, as do I. Blackberry and dark cherry, cool blueberry and wet stone minerality delivered in a seamless palate, even more than the 2005 – at least at this tasting. Add to this the impressive concentration, and you get Yin and Yang. A bit of crushed tobacco lends freshness to a very long, cool and thoroughly classy finish. 3.45pH.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 97
Published: Dec 3, 2019

Love the dark-berry and intense black-olive and chocolate aromas that follow through to a full body and firm and chewy tannins that deliver a rich and delicious finish. Such polish and, at the same time, finesse. But one of the cellar. A blend of 90 per cent merlot, seven per cent cabernet sauvignon and three per cent cabernet franc. Try from 2022.

The Wine Advocate | RP 95
Published: Mar 29, 2019
Drink: 2019-2037

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Clos Fourtet is a little closed to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal notions of warm black cherries, cerme de cassis, blackberry compote and dark chocolate with hints of garrigue, bay leaves and cigar box. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a firm yet beautifully ripe frame of fine-grained tannins with a lively line lifting the concentrated, multilayered fruit to a long finish. 

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The wines of Clos Fourtet, Premier Grand Cru Classé, embody the finest of Saint-Émilion. Smooth, intriguing and seductive, their pure natural aromas are delicately woven together in a charming display of the unparalleled potential of our terroir. Our wines mark the culmination of all of our efforts, unveiling themselves as time passes - alive, developing and maturing.