Château L'Eglise Clinet

Château L'Eglise Clinet, Pomerol, 2015

Name: Château L'Eglise Clinet, Pomerol
Brand: Château L'Eglise Clinet
Price: 1099.22 GBP

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2015
6x75cl
DP
£1,099.22
2015
6x75cl
DP
£1,123.22

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Denis fiche technique took a little swipe at some neighbours. His advice is simple and to the point. 'Hot and dry… (conditions in 2015) make a start when it suits you, and forget about whatever your neighbours are doing - or not doing. Getting your grapes into vat in good time is better than prolonged indecision and handwringing about when to pick, based on protracted, procrastinating tasting in the vineyard. By which time the grapes are too ripe. For good Bordeaux anyway!' This is actually a sentiment shared by many of the top growers we work with. Leaving grapes too long usually adds nothing, in fact it usually results in wines that lack vibrancy. Not something you could level at Denis. His whole range is brimming with life and energy, and none more so that his flagship, L'Eglise Clinet. This is initially brooding and introverted with more mineral aromas at first. After aeration fruit aromas of bilberry, mulberry, crème de mûre and sweet plum emerge with notes of gravel, roses and tobacco. This is really rather regal and smart, with a taut palate, precise flavours and glorious intensity. It is a large scale wine with layers of nuanced fruit. As one would expect from one of Denis' wines, there is a vibrant, energetic style; there is nothing flabby or dull here, it is refined, muscled, powerful and perfectly harmonious. A very grand L'Eglise Clinet produced from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pomerol

Producer:

Château L'Eglise Clinet

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

12.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.