2018 CHÂTEAU L'EGLISE CLINET (SUBSKRIPTION)

James Suckling: 99-100/100 Punkte
»This is incredibly powerful with fantastic depth and length. It goes on for minutes. Full-bodied yet so tight and intense. Blackberries and hints of spice. It has such energy and persistence. It is a wine that makes you really reflect. Bravo. Tiny production.«

Decanter: 97/100 Punkte
»This is rich, with layers upon layers of black chocolate, ripe fleshy blackberries and raspberries tempered by acidity and tannins that support, pushing the entire palate slowly onwards and upwards. It has all the generosity of the vintage but tempered with Durantou's amazing ability to sculpt freshness out of the fruit his vineyards deliver. It’s immensely seductive and powerful with more evident flesh than the 2016 – a wine that’s going to run and run. Drinking Window 2028 - 2040«

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 96-98/100 Punkte
»Maintaining freshness in the wine was a priority for Denis Durantou at L’Eglise Clinet. “The pH developed quite quickly,” he said. “We had to test it every day; we had made a conscious decision to pick before it got too high. At a maximum of 3.7 pH, we pick. As soon as we have an evolution—a flavor change—we decide to pick.” Merlot was picked September 18-26 and Cabernet Franc on September 28. The resulting wine has a 3.63 pH and 14.5% alcohol and will be aged in 70% new barriques. A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 L'Eglise Clinet is deep purple-black in color and opens with beguiling truffles, forest floor, mossy bark and black tea scents, slowly unfurling to reveal a core of Black Forest cake, plum preserves, licorice and candied violets plus wafts of tar and cast iron pan. Full-bodied, concentrated and jam-packed with muscular fruit, the velvety-textured palate delivers layer upon layer of savory and earthy accents, finishing with a lingering mineral lift.«

Falstaff: 96/100 Punkte
»Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Edelholznuancen, schwarze Frucht, zart nach Lakritze und Tabak, würziges Bukett. Am Gaumen komplex, reife Kirschen, straffes, eingebundenes Tannin, mineralischer Touch im Abgang, etwas Nougat, sehr gute Länge, vielversprechendes Etwicklungspotenzial.«

Wine Spectator 95-98/100 Punkte
»Lush in feel, with boysenberry reduction and crushed plum flavors, carried by a polished, solid structure. A mineral hint filters through on the finish, adding length and cut.«

Weinwisser: 19,5/20
»90 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc, 70 % neue Barriques, Produktion: Rar. Der dunkelste Pomerol mit schwarzem Purpur, undurchlässig. Was für ein verrücktes Bouquet mit Holunder, exotischen Hölzern, Brasiltabak und Nougatpralinen. Im zweiten Ansatz Cassislikör und geröstete Himbeerkerne. Am Gaumen eine Offenbarung, perfekte seidige Textur, engmaschiger Körper mit auf den Punkt gereiften, kakaoartigen Tanninen und so viel Kraft. Die Frische macht hier den Unterschied und katapultiert den Wein auf ein nicht geahntes Level. "Das ist ein Kaschmirwein, der hat von allem mehr!" flüstert mir Denis bei der Verabschiedung ins Ohr. Wird in seiner perfekten Trinkreife die Traumnote erhalten. Trinken 2028 bis 2055« 

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