In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Château Eglise Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France. Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2027–2060. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Eglise Clinet is consistently one of the most profound wines of Pomerol, small in production (around 1000 cases per annum) but towering in reputation. Superbly located on the famous plateau of Pomerol, Eglise Clinet’s deep blue clay & gravel on iron-rich subsoils give its old-vine Merlot and Cabernet Franc remarkable depth and character. Denis Durantou made thrilling wines here and his daughters carry on this legacy at Eglise Clinet, making wines of richness, minerality & soul. La Petite Eglise is the second label of Eglise Clinet, made from a separate plot. The Durantou stable of Right Bank wines (Les Cruzelles, La Chenade, Montlandrie & Saintayme) impresses year in, year out. These are some of the finest value wines of Bordeaux at accessible prices.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 96–98/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/05/2021
Always up with the creme de la creme of the vintage, the 2020 Chateau L'Eglise Clinet is no exception. It boasts a rich, powerful, opulent style that packs loads of ripe black cherries as well as notes of chocolate, earth, tobacco, and graphite. Possessing the pure, elegant, more focused style of the vintage, it still has plenty of mid-palate depth, gorgeous tannins, and one heck of a great finis…
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 97–99/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 23/05/2021 · Drink 2028 - 2068
The 2020 L'Eglise Clinet is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Merlot was picked between the 11th and the 14th of September, and the Cabernet Franc was picked on the 16th of September. It has an alcohol of 14.4% and is aging in French oak barrels, 80% new. Displaying and opaque purple-black color, it needs a bit of swirling to reveal a fascinating array of earthy notes'black truffl…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 98/100 · Vinous, 23/02/2023 · Drink 2030-2060
The 2020 L'Eglise-Clinet is a wine of pure and total sophistication. Dark and racy, with remarkable depth, the 2020 is so exceptionally polished. The 2020 is not a huge Eglise-Clinet, but rather a wine that speaks in a soft, gentle voice. I love its elegance and refinement. All the 2020 needs is time in bottle to be fully expressive, as it is quite embryonic today. Look for this to be a brilliant…