1978 Château Clos de Sarpe
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Score 94/100 · Drink 2040, Jeb Dunnuck, Mar 2020
Even better, the 1978 Château Clos de Sarpe is beautiful, and while not as concentrated as the 1975, it has more complexity, elegance, and texture. Offering awesome notes of spring flowers, white truffle, spicy incense, and mint, it has a medium-bodied, ethereal style on the palate, sweet, resolved tannins, beautiful balance, and a great finish. It's drinking at point today, no doubt, but these wines age fabulously well, and this one has another two decades of life.
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94
94/100
Jeb Dunnuck
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Clos de Sarpe
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.