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Community Tasting Notes 34
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wineappreciation wrote: 92 points
February 12, 2024 - Strawberry, raspberry, cloves, hints of leather; elegant, though showing notable age and maturity; fruit is mostly faded; good presence and also a sense of stateliness, but may have begun decline
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LB88 wrote: 94 points
October 23, 2022 - Opened at 5pm and drank so beautifully by 8pm, got better and better. Detailed note when open next bottle.
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Stefan75 Likes this wine: 93 points
June 7, 2022 - From Mag, perfect cork, muted nose and a bit closed after opening, decanted for 30min which allowe the wine to open-up. Great Pomerol nose and nice tertiary aromas, great pleasure now but will definitely keep for another couple of years.
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Hojun-na-Wine Likes this wine:
February 5, 2022 - Medium garnet color with a brick colored rim.
Decanted for an hour-and-a-half before serving at 60F.
Medium intense nose of tobacco, sweet cedar, menthol, mint, old dusty closet, hint of cassis, iron/blood, soy sauce.
On the palate cassis, sour cherry, menthol, cedar, blood and a hint of dark chocolate. Although restrained, it’s got plenty of depth and complexity.
Medium alcohol, medium body, medium acidity. Medium fine tannins that dries your tongue but it has a round mouthfeel. Good length to the finish. It’s a wine which begs you to keep going back to to pick up different notes. -
liber Likes this wine: 95 points
March 6, 2021 - 8th of 12, opened 3 hours, decanted one, perfect cork and level, back on top form, bigger and more harmonious, rich and velvety, very long and persistent, more a point than HB 96 on same night, vigour of early maturity, good for 10 if not 20 years. VF (18.5).
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Château L'Eglise-Clinet
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation Pomerol
- UPC Code 3258691248936
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
- In Cellars 495 (67%)
- Consumed 237 (32%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau L'Eglise-Clinet
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol
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- VarietalRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationPomerol