critic reviews
The 2020 Clos l'Église has a complex bouquet of blackberry, loam, hints of truffle and iron filings. The palate is well-balanced and full of freshness, with fine-boned tannins and seamlessly integrated oak toward the finish. This is a classy number—elegant, yet with plenty of horsepower. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Aromas of ripe plums and raspberries mingled with hints of rose petals and toasty new oak preface the 2020 Clos l'Eglise, a medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping wine with a broad attack that segues into a fleshy core of fruit, with powdery extract asserting itself on the youthfully chewy finish.
The 2020 Clos L’Eglise is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It storms out of the glass with powerful notes of crushed plums, blackberry preserves, and boysenberries, plus suggestions of cast-iron pan, violets, and star anise. The medium to full-bodied palate reveals a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the taut, muscular black fruits, finishing long and earthy.