Château Clos de Sarpe St Emilion Grand Cru Grand Cru Classé 2024

A wine that truly does need the ageing process to soften and wrap those slightly spiky tannins, because the ph is naturally extremely low on these pure limestone soils, and they did no chaptilisation. Honestly, it is pretty sharp right now (tasted two samples), but I know this is a good quality property and I look forward to retasting in bottle. Organic certified. 60% new oak in Burgundy barrels, 10% in concrete vats and the rest in one year old barrels, 20hl/h yield, particularly after poor fruit set and flowering on the older Merlot vines. Harvest began here on October 1, through to October 7. New winemaker since 2021 with Mailys Marsena taking over from her uncle.