Chateau Clos Saint Martin 2020

JEB DUNNUCK: "Always a powerful wine, the 2020 Clos Saint-Martin is no exception and sports a dense purple/plum color as well as a primordial bouquet of smoky black fruits, tobacco, scorched earth, graphite, and truffle. A powerhouse on the palate as well, this full-bodied, rich, incredibly concentrated Saint-Emilion has building yet perfectly ripe tannins, a gorgeous mid-palate, and just about flawless balance. It might be the finest wine I've tasted from this estate. Hide bottles for 5-7 years and enjoy over the following 30 years or more."

JAMES SUCKLING: "Mint chocolate, kelp, bark and blackcurrants on the nose. Touch of sandalwood and sweet spice. Chewy, firm tannins, with a full body and a compact and dense core of spicy black fruit. A little intense and extracted right now but with fantastic length and concentration. Give it time to come together. Try in 2027."

FALSTAFF: "Kräftiges Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Zart nach Grafit und Lakritze, schwarze Waldbeeren, Nuancen von Walcholder, feiner Nugatanklang. Saftig, reife Kirschen, süße Textur, runde, tragende Tannine, feiner Schokoladetouch im Abgang, komplex und anhaftend, wird von Reife profitieren, ein potenzieller Langstreckenläufer."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2020 Clos St. Martin is a rich, modern Saint-Émilion, offering up aromas of ripe blackberries, cherries, plum liqueur and creamy new oak, followed by a full-bodied, broad, muscular palate with a jammy core of baked fruit flavors and plenty of structuring oak tannins. Readers more tolerant of over-ripeness will appreciate it more than me."