LOUISON et LÉOPOLDINE
Second wine from Clos Louie
- 2022
- Côtes de Castillon
Started in 2003, the Clos Louie adventure is a textbook case: a dolly vineyard (2.3 ha) on a beautiful clay-limestone terroir of Castillon, careful biodynamic cultivation, double manual sorting during the harvest, low-intervention vinification, gentle maturation in 500-litre demi-muids.
Louison et Léopoldine is the other Clos Louie wine, a tribute to Cabernet Franc (80%) from 50-year-old vines. Clean, bright fruit and remarkable aromatic freshness: a real nugget!
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 91/100 “Cabernet franc and merlot play in equal parts in Louison et Léopoldine 2022, a wine full of brilliance and endowed with a dynamic, salivating relief. A very seductive freshness in this sunny vintage.”
- To keep or to drink :
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée :
- 2025-2035
- Potential alcohol :
- 13.5%
- Organic certification :
- 2012
From the same producer
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Started in 2003, the adventure of Clos Louie is a textbook case: doll's vineyard (2.3 ha) on a beautiful clay-limestone terroir of Castillon, very old vines (150 years old!) mostly Merlot and red tail malbec, careful biodynamic cultivation, double manual sorting during the harvest, little interventionist vinification, gentle maturing in 500-litre demi-muids. A true artist's wine, absent from the guides but that informed amateurs know well.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 93/100 Coup de ♥ “A delicious interpretation of a contemporary Bordeaux, this 2021 focuses on a frank expression of fruit. Not so commonplace in a vintage where many of the region's wines lack substance.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2036
- Organic certification:
- 2012