Chateau L´Eglise Clinet 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "The purity and precision tof this young Eglise Clinet is exceptional, with finesse, intensity and fine tannins that last for minutes on the palate. It grows slowly and then builds and continues. The energy is terrific. Finishes long and confident. All about structure with finesse. The tannins really are refined and tightly woven. 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2023 L'Eglise Clinet unwinds in the glass with brooding aromas of dark berries and cherries mingled with baking chocolate, pipe tobacco and toasty new oak. Full-bodied, layered and muscular, with a sweet core of fruit framed by rich, powdery, generously extracted tannin, it's broad-shouldered and powerful, concluding with a long, expansive finish. It's a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc that checks in at 14.6% alcohol."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Blättrige Würze, rotbeerige Töne, Weichsel, balsamisches, neues Holz. Im Mund ist der Wein körnig, ein fester, präsenter, handwerklicher Gerbstoff dominiert. Sehr dicht, kräftig im Alkohol, geschmeidig grundiert, in Saftigkeit und Frucht eher zurückhaltend, mit guter mineralischer Komponente. Strukturell sehr lang."