2019 Clos L'Eglise
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The 2019 Clos l'Eglise has an attractive nose with blackberry, soy and cracked black pepper, a little earthier than its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, good depth and grip. Slightly peppery towards the finish, it needs bottle age to demonstrate the complexity and precision it displayed after bottling. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
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Neal Martin
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Tasted blind. Fairly pale garnet. Rich, gamey nose. Sweet and vibrant. Not complex but certainly Pomerol. Dry but not excessively drying finish. Rich and briary. (JR)
The 2019 Clos L'Eglise is straight-up terrific, offering a deeper, richer, powerful style as well as the freshness and purity of the vintage. Giving up lots of ripe dark cherry, mulberries, graphite, spicy oak, and a kiss of minerality, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, ripe yet building, polished tannins, terrific overall balance, and a great finish. It shows the more tight, compact style of the vintage, yet the purity is spot on, it has good concentration, and it’s just a brilliant wine. It needs to be forgotten for 4-5 years and will evolve for 30 years.