More from this producer: Clos Cibonne
2024
Clos Cibonne Cuvée Prestige Caroline Cru Classé (Rosé) 2024 - OutstandingClos Cibonne's most new-oak-forward cuvée. Moderate copper pink. Restrained at first on the nose, opening to soft creamy nuts, caramel, dried apricots, slightly smoky black tea, winter jasmine, and hothouse flowers. Not particularly fruit-forward, but remarkably concentrated and textural on the palate. It is rich but not sweet, offering bitter oranges, long saline acidity, and gentle but certainly not blunted tannins. Classical, traditional, and full of flavour while retaining elegance. This quirky combination of richness and austerity opens up an array of possibilities for food and wine matching. It will appeal to lovers of old Tondonia and those looking for traditional complexity and a hint of old-world snobbery. Classy, and it knows it.
Tasted March 2026This tasting note was included in this report and this story:
2023
Clos Cibonne Cuvée Prestige Caroline Cru Classé (Rosé) 2023 - ExceptionalDark golden copper pink. Cedar oaky notes on the nose with sweet vanillin, soft ripe peaches and apricots. Gentle, opulent, supple and rich with some very fine white citrus acidity keeping this wine vibrantly youthful. The oak is very much there as a support partner rather than dominating the fruit - sweet oakiness and a hint of toast carry the beautifully ripe fruit with length, charm and vibrantly beautiful freshness.
Tasted March 2026This tasting note was included in this report and this story: