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La Petite Eglise 2001

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Red
  • 13% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

D'une concentration exceptionnelle, le second vin de cette propriété emblématique mérite quelques années de garde pour se dévoiler dans toute sa splendeur. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 base of neck
  • Label: 2 good appearance, 1 slightly scuffed label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pomerol
  • Producer/Owner: GFA du Château L'Eglise Clinet
  • More information....

La Petite Eglise serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Gigot de sept heures, Lapin à la moutarde, Pigeonneau rôti.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    La Petite Eglise

    The wine

    The second wine of the prestigious Château l'Eglise Clinet, Petite Eglise is a wine presenting exceptional concentration. Very refined and distinguished, these wines are also relatively powerful and rich and reach full maturity after between five and ten years.

    Information about domain l'Eglise Clinet

    Eglise Clinet is one of these micro-estates which are found throughout the appellation. Relatively unknown to the general public, it produces one of the top Pomerol wines. The vineyard has belonged to the Durantou family for a very long time. During the nineteenth century it was created close by to the Church of Saint-Jean de Pomerol and is made up of parcels of land from the Clos de L'Eglise (which the family has owned since the eighteenth century) adjoining vines which were bought from the Domaine de Clinet. This vineyard benefits from having an excellent terroir, composed of gravel and clay, on well drained soil and with planting on gentle slopes. Enjoying good exposure, the vines were saved from the dreadful frosts of 1956, then 1985 and 1987. This means that nowadays they are on average over 40 years old. As is traditional for Pomerol, the grape varieties used include a high proportion of Merlot (85%) along with Cabernet Franc (15%). The estate uses natural fertilisers (organic manure) to treat the vines. After the harvesting, the grape berries are completely destemmed. On average the wine is matured for eighteen months in oak barrels; the proportion of new wood used for the barrels varies according to the vintage. Each year, Eglise Clinet produces at most 1,500 cases of a refined and distinguished wine which will reach full maturity between five and fifteen years. It should be noted that the estate makes a drastic selection and has no hesitation in downgrading a significant proportion of its harvest to use for its second wine, La Petite Eglise, which is also very much in demand

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 base of neck
    • Label: 2 good appearance, 1 slightly scuffed label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Air-conditioned underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pomerol
    • Producer/Owner: GFA du Château L'Eglise Clinet
    • Vintage: 2001
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 6
    • Volume: 15000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet franc

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    La Petite Eglise 2001

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format