The 2018 Le Vau Renou is a floral, perfumed and silky wine sourced from two plots: one on limestone slopes and the other on clay-flint. The wine is velvety and there's a fine quality to the tannin, like they've just done a meditation, attributed to the infusion rather than extraction of tannins - hand plunging, maceration over five weeks and partial maturation in amphora. While round from the clay soil component and the vinification, there's a sense of lightness and finesse despite the warm season. Refined, well-handled tannins coat the palate on the finish while pure cherry skin and Earl Grey tea flavors linger long.
93 pts Vinous