Clos Solene, Cuvee Jean, Arroyo Grande Valley

Clos Solene · California › Arroyo Grande Valley › United States of America

Red · Syrah

Critics

93 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

92.9

Avg Score

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layered with nice depth, fairly big and complex, good length

2020 vintage

Maybe just in a weird place right now but completely unbalanced. Rich ripe fruit, somewhat of a balsamic/fig flavor. Has the smoky/meaty as expected as well. May be the oak or just needs some time. Will check in again in a couple years.

2016 vintage

Lovely bday wine. Perfect with grilled pork

2018 vintage

Fruit was pleasingly in the background, foreground was graphite and cured meats. Dark and brooding but with substantial ripeness. This is both quaffable and complex. Great stuff!

2018 vintage

better than decent drinker

2020 vintage

As others have noted this is a beauty of a N Rhone look-a-like. Meaty, bacon fat and some gameyness.

2016 vintage

From Clos Solene: Named after Guillaume & Solene's son born in 2012. It comes from a cooler area in Santa Maria Valley to make this wine a little more like France's cool climate Syrah and inspired by Cote Rôtie. Similar to the Hommage à nos Pairs it was also co-fermented with Viognier, fermented with stem, the texture of this wine is outstanding that will age for more than a decade. This wine displays a brightness with broader tannins and much …

2020 vintage

97% syrah. 3% viognier

2020 vintage

Winery visit. Aromas of red plum & cherry, mineral, clove, cedar, allspice and leather. Darker on the palate - blackberry, with mineral, clove and cracked pepper depth. Seamless and elegant, with fine tannins and lingering spice on the finish.

2020 vintage

Bold blackberry, smoke, and sandlewood, with a broad streak of ground black pepper. Brambly, energetic, clean, young. Enjoyable now with air, this is a worthy hold.

2018 vintage

Super young, with the makings of a superb wine. Cooler climate Syrah from Bien Nacido with a touch of Viognier

2018 vintage

Fresh cracked black pepper; Parmesan; Umami

2018 vintage

Clos Solène 2020 Fall Release Virtual Barrel Tasting (Casa Shikoh) : tasted from barrel: dark ruby violet; a bit closed, dark berries, green olives, black pepper, slightly stemmy; dark fruit, long spicy finish; full bodied, high acidity, high tannin, 14.7% ABV; coferment of 97% Syrah and 3% Viognier source from Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley, 30% stem inclusion, aged in 30% new French oak; cooler climate and more savory and peppery than Hommage bottling; $98

2018 vintage

Simply wonderful - full bodied but so elegant and smooth.

2013 vintage

Blackberry, plum, cherry, smoke and some wood (barn wood) on the nose. Inky purple in the glass. Silky smooth, very enjoyable. Didn't decant, but a few minutes of air in the glass helped. A decant wouldn't be a bad idea. Grapes from Bien Nacido vineyard in Santa Maria Valley. Clos Solene is producing some awesome wines.

2016 vintage

Really good. Very pure with lots of life ahead of it!

2013 vintage

Outstanding, drinking very well. Polished and smooth.

2013 vintage

Oops. Note to self, have with food!

2013 vintage

Tasted at Clos Solene alongside the 2013 La Petite Solene, L'Insolent, Hommage a nos Pairs, and El Toro. Hailing 100% Syrah fruit from Arroyo Grande (closer to the coast than a lot of other Paso Robles Syrah), the Cuvee Jean is reminiscent of a more cool climate Syrah from Sonoma. Notes of blueberry, cold blackberry, wet slate, and hints of black olive. A solid, packed Syrah, but currently without the layered interest of the Syrah blends Hommage a nos Pairs …

2013 vintage