Eglise Clinet: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet 2000

Chateau L’Eglise Clinet 2000

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Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%
rød, tør
Modnet
13,5% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2016–2050
Pakket ind i: 12 OHK
voluminøs og kraftfuld
silkeblød og aromatisk
Lobenberg: 100/100
Parker: 97+/100
Suckling: 99/100
Galloni: 97/100
Decanter: 97/100
Wine Spectator: 97/100
Frankrig, Bordeaux, Pomerol
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Chateau L’Eglise Clinet 2000

100
/100

Meget dyb, næsten uigennemtrængelig næse: cassis, sorte kirsebær og brombær, plus lakrids, kaffe, vanilje, cigarkasse. Med luft kommer der blomsternoter af violer, røg, tobak, laurbær og fugtig jord, senere trøfler og mineralsk kølighed. Enorm koncentration, men alligevel helt ren og præcis, intet overmodent, intet højt. Tæt, massiv og stadig overraskende ungdommelig i munden. Masser af ekstrakt, masser af tannin, men nu smeltet væk. Vinen opbygges i lag med en enorm dybde i midten, mørk frugt, krydrede accenter og en naturlig, næsten cremet tekstur. På trods af kraften forbliver alt afbalanceret, silkeblødt understøttet og med Denis Durantous tydelige signatur. Meget lang, kraftfuld finish med balsamisk frugt, trøfler igen og mineralsk spænding. En virkelig monumental Pomerol fra den store 2000-årgang, der har været lukket i lang tid og nu langsomt åbner sig op. Dyb og kompromisløs, men alligevel med stor elegance og renhed. En legendarisk L'Église-Clinet med et enormt lagringspotentiale og et tavst monument over Denis Durantou.

97+
/100

Parker om: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet

A stunning wine with extraordinary concentration, but still somewhat backward, this 2000 needs much more time than I projected seven years ago. It boasts an inky/dark purple color along with an intense nose of kirsch, blackberries, licorice, caramel, and flowers. Full-bodied with abundant tannin as well as a multidimensional, thick texture, this unevolved Pomerol has not changed much since its 2003 release. Gorgeous purity and a natural mouthfeel make for a dazzling wine that will benefit from another 5-10 years of cellaring, and last for three decades thereafter. It is a legendary effort!

99
/100

Suckling om: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet

Incredible concentration and richness in this wine. This is good stuff, loads of complexity with notes of flowers, vanilla, and ripe fruit. Still drinking like a baby, this is full, soft, and long. Opulent and gorgeous right now but give this five years and you’ll be better off. Pull the cork in 2015. So much fruit for a Bordeaux. 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc.

97
/100

Galloni om: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet

The 2000 lEglise-Clinet was picked from 18 September and matured in 80% new oak. This has a magnificent bouquet with black fruit infused with bay leaf, smoke, freshly rolled tobacco and a touch of spice. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, quite firm in the mouth with blackberry, clove, allspice and white pepper. This has always been a very complex millennial Pomerol with a very grippy, quite masculine finish and therefore decanting is advised. Denis Durantou informed that this was the only vintage neither fined nor filtered. Tasted at the l'Eglise-Clinet vertical at the château in April 2018.

97
/100

Decanter om: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet

One of the wines that turned me on to the brilliance of Denis Durantou when tasted during a vertical with him and Michel Rolland back in 2014. I tasted it again this week and it more than lived up to my memories, with its understated power and rapid expansion through the palate as its exotic character becomes clear, coupled with the precise brush strokes that Durantou always managed to coax out of his wines. He died in May 2020, just as I was beginning to taste En Primeur 2019, and it seems only right to raise a glass to his memory.

97
/100

Wine Spectator om: Chateau L’Eglise Clinet

This has everything. Super class and elegance, yet ripe and exciting. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, cherries, violets and minerals. Full-bodied, with incredible raspberry, cherry, mineral and silky tannins. Very long. Winemaker Denis Durantou is a purist, and it shows. Best after 2012.

Min vinmager

Eglise Clinet

De seks hektar vinmark Eglise Clinet ligger bag kirken i Pomerol på dyb grusjord med en blanding af sand, ler og jern. Denne vinmark er en af de få, der ikke skulle genplantes efter den hårde frost i 1956 i Pomerol, og den har derfor en særlig gammel bestand af vinstokke.

Chateau L’Eglise Clinet 2000