2014 Clos de Sarpe
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The 2014 Château Clos de Sarpe shows the more classic, medium-bodied style of the vintage nicely and is going to benefit from bottle age. Cooler notes of black fruits, graphite, gravelly earth, and a touch of violets all emerge from the glass, and it's nicely concentrated, has silky tannins, and a great finish. It's a beautiful, elegant, classic Saint-Emilion. Give bottles 4-6 years and it will evolve gracefully for over 20 years.
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2014 Clos de Sarpe is deep garnet-purple in color with a lovely cassis and warm black cherries nose with suggestions of cedar chest, tobacco, tapenade and bay leaves plus a waft of potpourri. Full-bodied, it delivers wonderfully pure red and black fruits with a solid line of fine-grained tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing long and earthy. Only 7,000 bottles were produced.
The 2014 Clos de Sarpe is deep garnet-purple in color with a lovely cassis and warm black cherries nose with suggestions of cedar chest, tobacco, tapenade and bay leaves plus a waft of potpourri. Full-bodied, it delivers wonderfully pure red and black fruits with a solid line of fine-grained tannins and beautiful freshness, finishing long and earthy. Only 7,000 bottles were produced. May 2018, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
This small Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé estate is a FINE+RARE favourite. Run by Maylis Marcenat, the fourth generation of her family to do so, the 3.7-hectare vineyard has old vines and limestone soils, producing wines of incredible freshness and great ageability.