1985 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

Community Tasting Notes (69) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  10/29/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Quite leathery nose with earth, some brett, and cherries. Similar notes on the palate with a distinct tobacco character and more earthy / forest-y flavors. Good finish. A nice wine, maybe missing a bit of fruit to balance out the earthy flavors.

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  1/9/2022 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points

  Took a good 90 min of air to come around. The nose never really got going and delivered faint dark fruit, earth, blood and touch of violet. The palate was much more enjoyable with plenty of sweet dark fruit and loads of violet. Nice balance and medium depth.

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  9/11/2021 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points

  Old cedar chest for wood, green bell pepper for fruit, clay from soil, meat and blood from graceful decay. This wine is soft, resolved and very giving, but it has no energy inside. Right now, its is relying on acidity to drive length as the tannins are melted within the old wine. Lovely bouquet, this needs to be served in Burgundy glasses by a fire with a Cohiba....DRINK

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  6/18/2021 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points

  This was a perfectly elegant drink with well resolved tannins and some tertiary flavours starting to develop. Will potentially get better.

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  1/1/2020 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points

  Masculine and mature, this is showing its Merlot character with honor for an old wine connoisseur, looking for this style. Melted green bell peppers all throughout a cedar laden, earthy, yet soft red wine. On the downswing, this had medium length, but lots of presence in the mouth. Lovely as you can imagine if you like these types of old gems. DRINK!

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