The Clos du Grand Carquelin from Château des Jacques is a lovely Moulin-à-Vent,
offering up a deep and complex nose of dark berries, cassis, chicory, gamebirds, dark soil tones,
fresh thyme, a bit of spicy oak and...
The Clos du Grand Carquelin from Château des Jacques is a lovely Moulin-à-Vent,
offering up a deep and complex nose of dark berries, cassis, chicory, gamebirds, dark soil tones,
fresh thyme, a bit of spicy oak and bitter chocolate. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied,
young and sappy at the core, with superb focus and balance, sound acids and a fair bit of backend
tannin on the very long and very refined finish. A bit of the tannin on the backend right now hails
from the new wood used for this bottling, but the wine simply needs some bottle age to fully
integrate these tannins. 2018-2040+.