Château L'Église Clinet 2019
This great wine of Pomerol... that is L'Eglise Clinet represents a surface of 4,5 hectares of vines. The average age of the vines is 45 years, which allows us to obtain naturally low yields and to control the quality of the grapes that will make the future vintage.
The talented and perfectionist Denis Durentou left us in 2020, leaving the place to his three daughters united and determined to continue the work of their father.
All the vines are worked in reasoned culture and moreover, by hand. It is in the concern of respecting a magnificent terroir made of clay gravel and clay. The manual harvest which takes place when the grapes are perfectly ripe phenolic allows a sorting according to the quality of the grapes.
Denis Durantou also produces a second wine, called chateau-la-petite-eglise.
The 2019 Church-Clinet has a brilliantly defined bouquet reminiscent of the equally impressive Trotanoy I tasted a few hours earlier. Crystalline red fruits and blood orange notes intermingle with crushed stone and truffle. The palate is medium-bodied, with an immediately seductive, satiny texture that masks the backbone of this Pomerol.
Slightly spicy and unfolding with intent on the finish, it will be, as I've written before, the perfect testament to Denis Durantou as his daughters continue his legacy.
Neal Martin, vinous.com, February 2022
The 2019 Church-Clinet is dazzlingly beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful. Finesse and power come together in a Pomerol that thrones with dazzling intensity. Gravel, dried herbs, flowers, mocha and licorice fly from the glass.
In 2019, L'Eglise-Clinet is a vertical wine, a wine of stature, class, and pedigree that will reward those lucky enough to own it with many years of very good drinking. It is impossible to taste the 2019 without thinking of the late Denis Durantou and what he accomplished in his last vintage.
Daughters Constance and Noémi Durantou seem to truly understand the legacy they were charged with honoring, and then building themselves.
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, February 2022
Data sheet
- Designation
- Pomerol
- Year
- 2019
- Color
- Red
- Acceptance
- 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc.
- Alcohol level
- 12°5
Vinous / Antonio Galloni - Noté 98/100 (february 2022)
James Suckling - Noté 100/100 (february 2022)
Vinous / Neal Martin - Noté 98/100 (february 2022)
The Wine Cellar Insider / Jeff Leve - Noté 100/100 (march 2022)
The Wine Independnet / Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Noté 98+/100 (march 2022)
WIne Advocate / William Kelley - Noté 98+/100 (april 2022)