Clos Cibonne Château Cibon Cuvée Valentine Cru Classé (Red)

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  • 2023

    Clos Cibonne Château Cibon Cuvée Valentine Cru Classé (Red) 2023 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Ruby red. Aromas of pot pourri, carnations, cedar and cherries. Expecting mellowness on the palate, but this is still very youthful, firm, and not yet ready for drinking. Tuck it away in the cellar; right now it delivers sloes, elderberries, serious foraging fruit, firm mouth-coating tannins and dark slatey minerality. Salinity really builds as the wine opens up. Surprisingly different from the other reds (and atypical of Provence) with rough, blue velvet-textured tannins contrasting the intensity of mellow blue fruit, floral notes, and crisp salinity. Made in new barriques with pigeage. Elegant, floral, but still highly structural and serious. A great showing of what serious Tibouren can do as a red in Provence.

    Tasted March 2026

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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