Clos De Sarpe 2001 Ex-Chateau (750ML)

94 WA / 94 JD

The 2001 Clos de Sarpe is deep garnet-brick in color and sings of potpourri and Indian spices with a baked raspberries and plum preserves with a hoisin undercurrent plus a waft of tapenade. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a firm frame of chewy tannins and bags of mature black fruit preserves and exotic spices, finishing with great freshness and depth. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate

From an underrated vintage (especially for the Right Bank), the 2001 Château Clos de Sarpe is a bigger, richer wine than the 1999 and has a rocking bouquet of blackcurrants, tobacco, chocolate, Asian spices, and a touch of white truffle and minty herbs. Youthfully colored, medium to full-bodied and both elegant and powerful, it's drinking spectacularly well today yet has another two decades of longevity ahead of it. - Jeb Dunnuck