2014 Chateau L’Eglise-Clinet, Pomerol 6x75cl

Chateau L'Eglise-Clinet

Case Format: 75cl

Max score: 95

Drink To: 2024-2055

At just five hectares in size, Château L'Église Clinet should not be overlooked. Creating some of the finest offerings of the appellation, the estate has commanded some of the highest scores throughout the region, with vintages that have even rivalled the powerhouses of Petrus and Lafleur. This is a serious wine that is dripping in opulence and aromatics. Its deep complexity ensures that it needs over a decade of bottle ageing before reaching its full, unrivalled potential. The five-hectare vineyard comprises Merlot (c.85%), Cabernet Franc (c.14%) and Malbec (c.1%), however the Malbec is seldom added to the final blend. The terroir is deep clay and gravel soils, where the vineyard’s natural slopes allow for optimal drainage. The vines average an impressive 40 years of age and continue to thrive on L'Église Clinet’s exceptional terroir.
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CRITIC REVIEWS

94
Neal Martin

The 2014 L'Eglise-Clinet has a lovely nose that is superior to other Pomerols in this flight. It's fresher with more vigor and scents of wild strawberry, cranberry, licorice and cedar. It gains delineation in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, superbly structured and a little savory (more so than four years ago). There's a little toughness on the finish, but not aggressive. It is a quintessential wine from the late Denis Durantou with a long future ahead. A second bottle tasted blind just felt a tad drier on the finish.

95
Neal Martin

The 2014 L'Eglise Clinet was tasted from a single bottle but from two glasses, each poured at different times before I arrived for the tasting. They were almost identical on the nose but the one poured later was more compact. It has a very pure bouquet with blackberry, myrtle, a touch of iris and a touch of garrigue (actually reminiscent of fynbos, the wild South African shrubland). The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, a silver bead of acidity, wonderful precision and beguiling purity. This is an outstanding Pomerol for the vintage from Denis Durantou, sophisticated and classy, yet the bottom line is quintessentially Pomerol. Bravo Denis.

17.5
JancisRobinson.com

Mid crimson. Scented, perfumed - really very sumptuous. Round and assertive. Knows it s a good wine! Not really, really rich nor concentrated but well balanced. Sort of heading in the same direction as Vieux Chateau Certan?

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY

France

REGION

Bordeaux

SUB REGION

Pomerol

VINTAGE

2014

COLOUR

Red

CASE FORMAT

6x75cl

AVAILABILITY

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MAX CRITIC SCORE

95

DRINK TO

2024-2055

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