Chateau Clos de Sarpe 2009

Perhaps the most elegant vintage of Clos de Sarpe, the wine is powerful, tannic, fresh and stony. The fruit is clean and fresh, but the tannins are there, letting you know this requires more time than most wines from the often forward 2009 vintage.

Still showing beautifully, the 2009 Château Clos De Sarpe offers a rich, powerful, full-bodied style as well as lots of classic Saint-Emilion chocolatey dark fruits, bouquet garni, tobacco, earth, and scorched earth. This rich, sexy 2009 has ripe, sweet tannins, a layered, expansive mouthfeel, no hard edges, and a great finish. These wines have serious longevity, and this 2009 can be drunk any time over the coming 30–40 years.

A dense, supple, charming, suave wine with good structure.