2018 Domaine de l'Eglise
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The 2018 Domaine de l’Eglise is really quite lovely on the nose, featuring ample black cherries, boysenberry and a seductive honey-like background aroma that betrays the warmth of that year’s later summer. I admire the purity of these aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins that lend this Pomerol a satisfying velvety texture. Bright upon first acquaintance, with aeration it actually draws back a little, ending up quite firm on the finish but very focused and harmonious. As I remarked from barrel, Domaine de l’Eglise has produced a very commendable follow-up to the 2017, indicative of a Pomerol that pulled up its bootstraps.
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The 2018 Domaine de l’Eglise has quite a dense bouquet: black cherries, boysenberry jam and blue fruit, some new oak to be subsumed. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, fine acidity, quite cohesive with a focused, floral finish that lingers. This is a very worthy follow-up to the 2017, a Pomerol that is on the up.
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