La Clotte

La Clotte, St Emilion, 2024

Name: La Clotte, St Emilion
Brand: La Clotte
Price: 301 GBP

93-95/100

The Wine Independent

92-94/100

Vinous

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

90-92/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2024
6x75cl
EP
£291.00
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2024
3x1.5L
EP
£301.00
1

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

La Clotte comprises four hectares of vineyards (2.5 of which are in production) on the limestone plateau neighbouring Ausone. Produced by the Vauthier family the 2024 Clotte offers wild hedgerow fruit aromas mingled with notes of coffee beans and liquorice, alongside both black and red fruit. A noticeable oak spice character comes through, with clove, nutmeg, vanilla, and cinnamon adding complexity. There’s a tangy acidity to the fruit, finishing with a pleasant combination of cherry and pepper.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

93-95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Starts off a little closed, soon unfurling to offer up scents of cedar chest, fresh mulberries, and blackberries, plus hints of black tea and Sichuan pepper with a waft of wild sage. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound with vibrant red berry and mineral layers, framed by ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed. Nice!

drinking window 2027 - 2042

date of review 05/2025

92-94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 La Clotte was picked between October 1 and 5 at just 22 hl/ha due to <em>coulure</em> and <em>millerandage</em>. It was then macerated via submerged cap and aged for 18 months in new oak barrels. This has one of my favorite aromatics amongst the Vauthier family's cuvées, with delightful wild strawberry, raspberry and iodine aromas, although it's quite tight on the nose at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with a smooth, almost silky opening, a fine bead of acidity and impressive precision on the finish. It is not as intense as the 2022 as you would expect, but this is a sophisticated Saint-Émilion that should age with style (if desired).

drinking window 2027 - 2045

date of review 05/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Excellent quality from the off, this is gripping and fragrant, again slimmer than in recent years but again capturing and harnessing the potential finesse of the vintage, peony, iris, cassis bud, crushed rose petals. The fruit a little less evident that the flowers, this is more about texture and minerality. Winery at La Clotte now totally finished, vineyard is almost 50% replanted, just under 3ha in production, with another three years before the whole project with reception facilties are totally ready to go. 100% new oak. Harvest 1 to 5 October. Philippe Baillarguet cellar master.

drinking window 2030 - 2044

date of review 04/2025

90-92/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

No tasting notes available

date of review 04/2025

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