Clos de Tart, Grand Cru, 2010
2010 was a small vintage, 21/hl ha, and although no La Forge de Tart will be made this year, there are still very limited quantities available of Clos de Tart itself. A ripe gripping and very intense wine with extremely suave fruit. Whilst ripe and smooth this is also incredibly vivid and alive, wonderful flavours of bright mineral, damson and cherry stone, touches of sloe raspberry and plum, juicy expansive and extremely long, this is powerful fine and fragrant. A compelling Clos de Tart of incredible balance and refinement. Aged for 17 months in new french oak barrels
critic reviews
The 2010 Clos de Tart Grand Cru vies with the 2005 and 2009 as the best wine Sylvain Pitiot made during his tenure. It was picked from September 28 to October 6 at just 21hl/ha with 13.6° alcohol (no La Forge de Tart produced). The detailed, extraordinarily pure bouquet displays impressive focus. If anything, this appears to have intensified on the nose in recent years, presenting a mixture of red and black fruit, forest floor and just a touch of girolles. The palate is very well balanced, grippier than I recall in 2015, and quite saline and masculine. The demonstrative, assertive finish needs a little more grace. To be honest, I have found this wine more praiseworthy in the past, although it remains an impressive and forthright Clos de Tart. Tasted at a private Clos de Tart dinner in London.