2003 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

Wine Spectator

Blackberry, mineral and chocolate aromas galore. Full-bodied, chewy and rich. This is tightly wound with loads of fruit and ripe tannins.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The Château l'Eglise-Clinet 2003 was served ex-château from bottle and magnum. Alongside the 2003 Château Lafleur, it represents one of the best Pomerol wines of the vintage. Why? Because as Denis himself explained, the vineyard naturally produced low pH that counterbalanced the summer heat. It was actually the bottle that has the best bouquet, lively and vibrant for the vintage, extremely well defined and youthful after 12 years. Macerated dark cherries, red plum and incense all soar from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, slightly savory red berry fruit that is very spicy, white pepper and cumin. There is fine delineation on the finish and great length. It does not quite deliver the brilliant showing of previous bottles, but it deserves a round of applause.

James Suckling

What a wine this is. This combines density and power with fruit and richness. Lovely notes of dried flowers and minerals in the nose and palate. Full and tannic, but incredibly fresh.