1999 Chateau L’Eglise-Clinet, Pomerol 1x75cl
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CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 1999 l Eglise-Clinet is youthful in appearance with thin bricking on the rim. The bouquet is very attractive with scents of Dorset plum, wild strawberry, truffle and a touch of warm brick, all nicely defined. The palate is well balanced and underpinned by a fine thread of acidity, demonstrating a little more fruit intensity than its peers, with a finish not a million miles away from the superb 1999 Lafleur. This off-vintage l Eglise-Clinet is frankly not far away in quality from more lauded vintages. Excellent.
Neal Martin
Denis Durantou explained that analytically, the Chateau l'Eglise-Clinet 1999 is exactly the same as the 1998, although it is completely different in taste. He also said that it was the last vintage that he had to chaptalize (a little). Poured from magnum, it is clearly more mild-mannered on the nose than the preceding vintage, but still extremely well defined with blackberry and briary scents, a hint of black truffle and incense following later. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly grainy tannin. The acidity here is well judged, not unlike a superior and more substantial version of the 1997, with commendable precision on the truffle-tinged finish. This can be broached now, but unlike the 1997, this has another decade or more of drinking pleasure to give. Tasted March 2015.
JancisRobinson.com
Very dark and lively-looking. One of the more opulent 1999 Pomerols - even a little bit flashy! Acid and tannin still in evidence and lots of rich raisins. One of those Pomerols that seems to have desperately fought the vintage's shortcomings. Good for modernists.
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