Visiting Château Les Clauzots in Graves, excellent value

One of the great pleassures of being a wine writer is to find excellent value wines. I have tasted Les Clauzots for years during primeur, but in bottle is always different, and also tends to be better. And, wines are still very good when I score above 85 points. I think there is a massive inflation in scores. 

2020 Château Les Clauzots 

Ruby. Blackberries, anise, blueberries, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, blackberries, anise, spices, good length. 88

 

2022 Château Les Clauzots 

Ruby. Dark fruits, spices, blackberries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, blackberries, alcohol warmth, good length. 87

 

2023 Château Les Clauzots 

Ruby. Red and dark fruits, blueberries, some spices nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, blueberries, anise, spices, juicy, good length. Structured. 88

 

2022 Château Les Clauzots blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus and white fruits nose. Fresh acidity, rounded, apples, some citrus, elegant texture, good length. 86

 

2023 Château Les Clauzots blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, apples, rounded, fruit forward, citrus, refreshing, good length. 87

 

2024 Château Les Clauzots blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some white fruits, gentle nose. Fresh acidity, rounded, fruit forward, nuanced, elegant, lovely texture, good length. 87