1997 Clos l'Église (Pomerol)

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  11/25/2022 - diegovilla'ch Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened and drunk during 6/7 hours.
  The colour is typically aged Pomerol, deep garnet with almost black centre and lighter rim.
  On the nose the wine is clearly very elegant due to the vintage, evolved, crème de cassis, stewed strawberries, dried leaves, damp earth, nice aromas of beautifully aged Merlot, incense, cigar box, tomato leaf, black truffle, mint, candied violet, dried porcini mushrooms.
  The palate is quite concentrated, with good acidity and a medium bodied structure, tannins are quite resolved and caressing.
  Mouthfeel is very savoury, soft, still quite fruity, almost as cassis juice, fresh and elegant. Good seamless lenght, really nice drinking and classic.
  I think that at 25 years of age this Clos l'Eglise shows it's peak of maturity.
  Reasonably due to the harsh vintage i do not see any significant improvement from here in some years, but i think the wine's structure will keep it alive and pleasurable for 3 to 5 more years from now, until the decline.
  Perfect if you like a soft, classic and elegant aged claret.
  13% abv.

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  12/16/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Very enjoyable. This was a nice aged Bordeaux. I don't think quite as good as the '86 Gruard Larose that we had next to it, but still an enjoyable wine. The biggest difference between the two was the spice cabinet. This wine didn't have one. It was kindof a basic bordeaux with the leather and cigar and just a hint of the fruit still poking through. Still, paired nicely with the red meat and went down easily.

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  7/9/2019 - Tavastgatan wrote: 94 Points

  Don’t understand other pervious tasters here. This was one of the best Pomerol’s I’ve had. Just delicious with dark mature and very spicy fruit. Wish I had more.

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  6/28/2019 - Thanart wrote: 90 Points

  Acceptable given the non-favorable vintage.

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  3/1/2018 - salil wrote: 90 Points

  Very pretty - love the aromatics here, lots of fresh red and dark fruit with hints of cedar, spice, and greener tobacco, herbal, and faintly leafy elements. The palate doesn't quite live up to the nose though - it's a touch lean and thin on the back end, finishing somewhat short, but still a very enjoyable drink.

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