2006 Clos l'Eglise (Cotes de Castillon)
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The 2006 Clos l’Eglise has a wonderful, fresh and delineated bouquet that shows the 2005 how it's done: crisper and more focused, shimmering red berry fruit laced with touches of wild mint. The palate is well balanced with gentle grip, fine backbone, a little drier and less viscous than the previous vintage, yet more tensile with a lovely white pepper note laced with sage and truffle. Tasted at the Clos l’Eglise vertical.
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While the 2006 Clos L'Eglise was relatively closed aromatically, it offers a powerful, full-bodied style on the palate that certainly kept me coming back to the glass. With air, more chocolatey dark fruits, earth, and spice notes emerge from the glass. This classic, medium to full-bodied Pomerol has a terrific mid-palate, ripe tannins, and the balance to improve with another handful of years in the cellar and evolve gracefully for over a decade.
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