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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2025 Clos L'Eglise is a potent, brooding Pomerol. Broad swaths of tannin enshroud a core of intense dark fruit, leather, chocolate, licorice and espresso. Yields were just 19 hectoliters per hectare. That concentration of fruit and tannin lends the 2025 tremendous textural intensity, but also makes the tannins a bit tough. Élevage will be essential here. 04/2026

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2025 Clos l'Église was picked 8 to 19 September at around 19 hl/ha, aged in vat and in barrels. This is intense on the nose with black berries, touches of licorice and cassis, cohering nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins on the entry that lend tension. Very good weight and density in this Pomerol, structured with gentle grip, fine minéralité towards the finish that lingers in the mouth. This will require four or five years in bottle, but there is a lot of potential here. 05/2026

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

Deep purple-hued, the 2025 Clos L'Eglise is a beast of a Pomerol with a powerful nose of ripe black fruits, liquid violets, gravelly earth, and chocolate. On the palate, it brings remarkable power, full-bodied richness, ripe, building, nicely integrated tannins, a dense, stacked mid-palate, and a great finish. It's a bomb of a Pomerol that's going to need some time. 05/2026

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur noire. Nez intense, fruité, pur, complexe et crémeux. Moelleux à l'attaque, dense en milieu de bouche, avec beaucoup de goût et un corps fondant doublé d'une trame tanique serrée, le vin s'envole en finale, long, séveux, complexe. C'est superbe. Assemblage : 70 % Merlot, 30 % Cabernet Franc. Degré d'alcool : 14°5 - pH : 3,6 - IPT : 100. Rendement : 20 hl/ha. 04/2026