France

Chateau L'Eglise-Clinet

La Petite Eglise Pomerol

Bordeaux

Pomerol

A blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, La Petite Eglise 2022 is deep garnet-purple in color. Scents of blackberry pie, baked plums, and dark chocolate jump from the glass, followed by hints of cumin seed and cast-iron pan. The medium to full-bodied palate is bright and lively, with mouth-coating black and blue fruits and a minerally finish.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

This is an impressive Petite Eglise, has a sweet subtle spicing, lovely black pepper and great juice. Slate, black chocolate, espresso, mandarin peel, so many layers, delicious. 34hl/h yields. Harvest August 31 (earliest ever) to September 9, 60% new oak. Noemie Durantou winemaker.

Inside Bordeaux

The colour here is vibrant ruby and violet, this has so much precision and energy, sapidy, cherry pit, violets, again the textural side of the vintage is at the fore, coffee beans, espresso and black chocolate, notes that I have not written in many wines this year, No chaptilisation, 3.62ph, 70% new oak, harvest september 20 to 28. Love this, has a sense of vibration that might make this the 2nd wine of the vintage. If this comes out at a good price, run don't walk, as they say. 

A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, La Petite Eglise 2023 has a deep garnet-purple color. It pops from the glass with scents of juicy black plums, fresh mulberries, and Morello cherries, leading to fragrant suggestions of violets and charcoal, with a touch of black truffles. The medium-bodied palate is light on its feet, with bright berry layers and a firm, fine-grained texture, finishing earthy.

Excellent quality, with crayon, cloves, saffran and graphite notes, deliciously finessed, and another wine that has improved over ageing. The 2016 plantings by the church plot near the chateau are used for the first time in this 2021 vintage, split betwen Petite Eglise and L'Eglise Clinet (massal from 1935 vines).

This is powerful and complex, fleshy damson and black cherry fruits, austere in all the right places, with amazing depth, better than many first wines in Pomerol and is an absolute buy. Jagged edges of crushed rocks, star-bright, luscious as it opens, unleashing waves of violet and peony. A shame just to taste this wine, hopefully you will be luckier and can enjoy a whole bottle. 50% new oak, harvest September 9 to 16. Noemie Durantou winemaker alongside Olivier Gautrat.

The 2019 La Petite Eglise is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it rolls out with expressive notes of crushed rocks, wild sage, and pencil shavings, followed by fruity suggestions of raspberry coulis and blackberry pie. The medium to full-bodied palate is taut and muscular, with grainy tannins and an earthy finish.

La Petite Eglise 2018 has a deep garnet purple color. It offers notes of mocha, dried herbs, and tar, giving way to a core of prunes and baked blackberries, with touches of charcuterie and tilled soil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is a little hollow and chewy, with tart acidity and an earthy finish. 

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Chateau L'Eglise-Clinet
Vintages	2022
Country	France, Bordeaux, Pomerol
Bottle	75 cl

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