"A south-facing walled vineyard, just under a hectare in size. Le Clos’ vines are an average of 70 years old, some of them planted pre-phylloxera, en foule (untrellised), at a density of 13,000 vines per hectare. This is a unique, arid terroir of hard granite and sand, very rocky and with no topsoil at all. The wine is aged entirely in barrels, the proportion of new oak varying with the vintage conditions, with the remainder being one to two year old barrels from Domaine Jacques Prieur. Spiced dark fruit is allied to cigar box notes, minerals and heady flowers. Generous, with firm well-integrated tannins, there is a mineral seam which adds energy and focus to rich, dark cherry fruit, sustaining a long, detailed finish."