91+ The 2002 vintage of Clos des Porrets is still quite young and primary, but it is already redolent of the red fruit to come with further bottle age and is really quite a lovely example of its vintage. The bouquet...
91+ The 2002 vintage of Clos des Porrets is still quite young and primary, but it is already redolent of the red fruit to come with further bottle age and is really quite a lovely example of its vintage. The bouquet offers up a youthful constellation of cherries, pomegranate, nutskin, fresh herb tones, a touch of the red curry to come, woodsmoke and a very nice signature of soil (particularly for a 2002). On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a great core of red fruit, tangy acids, lovely focus and grip, a fine chassis of ripe tannin and a long, bright and classy finish. The palate here does not (today?) convey quite the same sense of soil as the nose promises, but this may just be a reflection of the relative youth of the ’02 Clos des Porrets, which still needs another six or seven years of bottle age to really start to blossom. It is a lovely wine, and if more terroir arrives with further aging, then my score will seem a bit conservative.