2019 La Petite Eglise
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Tasting notes
The 2019 La Petite Eglise has a perfumed and pure bouquet, one of the most floral in this flight, touches of iris flower and peony dovetailing into the lifted black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, cohesive and fleshy, the intensity counterbalanced by the acidity with a nicely proportioned finish. Bon vin . Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Tasted blind. Light nose. Sweet but a bit simple and without real structure. Fine for easy, early drinking. (JR)
The second wine of Château L'Eglise Clinet, the 2019 La Petite Eglise is a juicy, forward, up-front, and certainly delicious Pomerol that will put a smile on your face. Ripe darker cherries, plums, leafy herbs, and forest floor notes define the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied and pleasure-bent on the palate. Drink it any time over the coming 10-12 years.
The 2019 La Petite Eglise has turned out brilliantly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, sweet spices, rose petals, black truffle, orange rind and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's supple and enveloping, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a long, penetrating finish. These days, this isn't really a "second wine" per se, as it combines some younger vine fruit with two dedicated parcels, one located next to Pomerol's church, the other by the château of La Fleur-Pétrus.
About the producer
Ch. l'Eglise-Clinet is one of the most unassuming wine estates in Bordeaux. You'd probably drive past it if you didn't have prior knowledge of its vinous output. There's no ostentatious gateway nor sweeping gravel drive.