The Chateau l'Eglise-Clinet 1998 has developed an absolutely stunning bouquet: precocious, glycerin-rich red cherries, cassis, violets and minerals all beautifully defined and so intense. The palate is full-bodied with ripe tannin, layers of sweet blackberry and wild strawberry fruit intermingling with white pepper, cumin, black truffle and tar. There is a crescendo towards the finish that just fans out across the mouth. After 17 years (which makes me feel old, as I remember tasting it from barrel), it is a Pomerol that will take on all comers in the appellation with the exception of the 1998 Petrus. It will give 40-50 years worth of drinking pleasure. Tasted March 2015. Jul 2016, www.robertparker.com
Neal Martin Score: 96/100
12x75cl | - | 0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace | £4,896.00 | ||
6xMags | - | 0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace | £4,896.00 | ||
Bts | - | 0 Immediate | 10 Marketplace | £408.00 | ||
6L | - | 0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace | £3,427.00 | ||
6x75cl | - | 0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace | £2,447.00 |