Château L´Eglise Clinet Pomerol 2009

The 2009 l’Eglise Clinet may eclipse some of the other efforts made by proprietor Denis Durantou over the years. Harvested between September 14 and 28, this blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc is a powerful, almost uber-concentrated wine that tastes like an elixir of Pomerol with an incredibly unctuous feel. This dense purple-colored 2009 (which achieved 14.5% natural alcohol) is extremely powerful, but that power is concealed beneath a mountain of glycerin, fruit, concentration, and body. The purity and richness are off the charts, and the silkiness of the tannins is ethereal. This extraordinary wine possesses extremely high levels of tannin, but according to Durantou, they have almost disappeared because of the wine’s amazing depth and richness. It will undoubtedly need a decade of aging after bottling, but it should last for 50+. It is a modern day legend in the making.
98-100/100 Punkte - Trinken: 2020-2070


85 %, 15 % Merlot, 19 000 Flaschen. Sattes Purpur-Granat. Intensives Johannisbeerund Blaubeerbouquet, ein Hauch Grenadine, verschwenderisch viele rote Kirschen, zartes Vanillin im Hintergrund, zeugt eine deutliche Affinität zu einem gewaltigen Richebourg, frische Zitronenzestenspuren. Intensiver Gaumenauftritt, auch hier viel rote, reife und kleine Früchte, gut stützende Tannine, die sich zu einer massiven Adstringenz formen. Zweifellos ein ganz grosser Pomerol, der aber in diesem Stadium noch recht schwer einzuordnen ist.
19/20 Punkte - Trinken: 2016-2030