2001 chateau l'eglise-clinet, pomerol

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Why We're Buying

Any list of elite Pomerol wine estates has to include Château L'Eglise Clinet. Perched on top of the Pomerol plateau, it selects the only best merlot and cabernet franc for its flagship wine each year. Wine critic Jeb Dunnuck extolled the 2016 vintage as "an utterly perfect wine."

Critics Scores

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

A brilliant effort (one of the vintage’s most substantial wines), proprietor Denis Durantou has turned in a tour de force in 2001. Sadly, there are only 1,500 cases of this 85 Merlot / 15 Cabernet Franc blend (from vines averaging 40 years of age). This beauty boasts a dense ruby/purple color as well as a glorious nose of red and black fruits, flowers, sweet oak, and hints of licorice as well as truffles. Opulent, medium to full-bodied, concentrated, tannic, and persistent on the palate (the finish lasts 40 seconds.)

James Suckling

A wine with layers of aromas of licorice, dark chocolate and berries. Violets. Full to medium body with very fine tannins and a long finish. Just coming around. Pure pleasure.

Wine Spectator

Wild and exotic on the nose, with blackberry, meat and spice. Medium- to full-bodied, with super well-integrated tannins and a lovely balance of fruit and spice on the finish. This is really a beauty.