LiQuery - Ch�teau Clos De Sarpe 1998

Item:	17848
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	1998 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2019-10-03
Producer:	Nath. Johnston & Fils
Location:	France - Bordeaux
Price:	$152.00 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Full-bodied & Firm
Alcohol:	13.5%
Varietal:	Bordeaux
Sugar Code:	XD (4.0 g/L)
Rating:	90
Cellar:	2022
Glass Style:	Voigner/Chardonnay Purchase Glass

Description
The 1998 vintage has proven to be a stellar one for long-lived Right Bank wines. This example from Clos de Sarpe will now suggest maturing and evolved notes of leather, earth and dried fruits and offer a fascinating window into a wonderful vintage. John Szabo, MS, of winealign.com awarded this wine a rating of 93 points on July 7, 2009.

Tasting Notes
The 1998 is a structured, closed but enormously concentrated, rich, full-bodied effort that should turn out to be a sleeper of the vintage. My only reservation is the high tannin level, which seems ripe and reasonably well-integrated. There are dazzling levels of black fruits intermixed with mineral, crushed stone, licorice, and vanillin characteristics. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2022. Score - 90. (Robert Parker Jr., erobertparker.com, April 2001)

Tasting Notes