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James Suckling: "Medium-bodied with very fine-textured tannins. Delicious sweet and salty and mineral character. Blackberries, violets, cloves and dark olives. Peaches, too. All focused, fresh and in balance. Long, seamless finish. 85% merlot and 15% cabernet franc."
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Weinwisser: "85 % Merlot, 15 % Cabernet Franc, 14 Vol.-%, 75 % neue Barriques. Dicht verwobenes Bouquet, reife Wildhimbeere, betörendes Veilchenparfüm und rotes Johannisbeergelee. Im zweiten Ansatz helles Graphit und frischer Preiselbeersaft. Am komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, fein körnigem Extrakt, edler Salznote, tiefschürfender Terroirwürze und engmaschigem Tanninkorsett. Im konzentrierten nicht enden wollenden Finale schwarzbeerige Konturen und eine volle Ladung dunkler Mineralik. Ein Monument aus Pomerol von den beiden Töchtern Noëmie & Constance Durantou."
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Decanter: "A dark, serious brooding nose full of black fruits, truffle, rose, violet and dark chocolate. The palate is different however giving succulent and lively red fruits - sweet/sour strawberries and red cherries, so fresh and sincere, so perfectly presented with the bitter touches balanced against sweetness, racy acidity and fine tannins. An easy-to-like wine, with personality and style and just a feeling of pure joy about it! Not rich, heavy or opulent but taking the most joyous elements from the vintage and putting them the glass, still with structure and depth. Great winemaking on show by Noëmie Durantou Reilhac. Ageing in 70% new oak."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: "Deep ruby in color, roses, truffles, chocolate, clay and a touch of mint are easy to find in the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, bright, elevated, crisp and with a chalky edge to the finish, you also find fresh, sweet plums, cocoa-dusted cherries and a bit of chocolate covered orange rind in the endnote. From a blend of 85% % Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, 14% ABV, the harvest took place September 27-September 29. It is great to see continuing strong wines from the Durantou family. Drink from 2025-2050."
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Wine Advocate: "A deep, serious wine, the 2021 L'Eglise Clinet unwinds in the glass with notions of wild berries and plums mingled with dark chocolate, sweet loamy soil, warm spices, violets and black truffle. Full-bodied, concentrated and muscular, it's rich and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit, lively acids and plenty of ripe, powdery tannin that nods to its origins in a sector of Pomerol capable of producing some of the appellation's most structured, long-lived wines. It's a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc."
