Clos L'Eglise Pomerol 2022

"96-97/100" - Alexandre Ma

"93/100" - Jane Anson

"95-97/100" - The Wine Independent

"94/96" - Jeb Dunnuck

"94-95/100" - James Suckling

"94-96/100" - Antonio Galloni

"95-97/100" - The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

"96-97/100" - Bettane & Desseauve

96-97/100 Alexandre Ma
Imagine a large bouquet of violets unfurling before you, encircled by layers of cherries, blackberries, licorice candies, and tea stems—how could you remain unmoved by such a wine? Within the sumptuous mouthfeel of Clos l’Église, I experience vitality, passion, and an eagerness for life! Amidst hot weather, the grapes preserve their precious acidity and build a compact, rich structure from their super-small berries. This wine, nurtured on clay-gravel soils, is a dazzling and exemplary representation of top-tier Pomerol.

96-97/100 Bettane & Desseauve

95-97/100 The Wine Cellar Insider, Jeff Leve
Deeply colored, the wine is floral, with chocolate, plum, licorice, smoke, and truffle accents. The wine is deep, concentrated, opulent, and sexy. Picture molten dark chocolate-coated, black plums coating your palate with lingering fruits, and a touch salt that slides in at the end of the long, finish. This is a new level of quality for Clos L'Eglise! The harvest took place September 9 - September 29. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc ever used in the blend. 15% ABV 3.75 pH. Drink from 2027-2050.

95-97/100 The Wine Independent
The 2022 Clos L'Eglise, 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. It features straight-laced, classic scents of warm black plums, blueberry preserves, and cedar chest, leading to suggestions of iron ore, Sichuan pepper, and fertile loam. The full-bodied palate is wonderfully bright and pure, with fresh black fruits and earthy accents supported by very firm, very ripe tannins and finishing long and mineral-laced. 1.5 ha of Merlot is being replanted, so there is a higher percentage of Cabernet Franc this year, which really lends a shine to the wine! pH 3.75.

94-96/100 Antonio Galloni
The 2022 Clos L’Eglise is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, which is a bit more Franc than in the past. Crushed red berry fruit, rose petal, flowers, mint and blood orange are all laced together in a vibrant, sumptuous Pomerol that delivers the goods. Drinking window : 2028-2042

94/96 Jeb Dunnuck
From an incredible terroir in the heart of Pomerol (just across the street from L'Eglise Clinet), the 2022 Clos L'Eglise includes slightly less Merlot than usual and is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. It has a ripe, sexy, full-bodied profile as well ample red, blue, and black fruits, notes of graphite, chalky minerality, and chocolate, ripe, velvety tannins, terrific purity, and a great finish. This classic, opulent, sexy Pomerol is going to drink nicely with just a few years of bottle age yet should evolve for two decades.

94-95/100 James Suckling
Vibrant structure with lots of energy, with blackberry, hazelnut, coffee and walnut aromas and flavors. So vibrant. Rich and layered. Yet remains bright.

93/100 Jane Anson
Concentrated, quick build up of tannins through the palate, clear complexity and nuance, this is an enjoyable wine with the Pomerol magic of being approachable soon and yet with the sructure to age for decades. Black truffle, cocoa bean, damson, cassis. A 4.37ha estate on the north part of the plateau, owned by Hélène Garcin-Lévêque since 1997. 3.75ph.