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Reviews

99+ -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

99 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

97 -Vinous -

95-97 -Falstaff -

Technical Details

  • Blend 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc
  • Winemaker Denis Durentou
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Sub Region Right Bank
  • Appellation Pomerol
  • Vineyard Estate old vines, 25% over 75 years old, average age 40 years
  • Farming Method Organic fertilization only, every 5 years
  • Oak 8 0% new French oak
  • Fermentation Small, temperature-controlled stainless-stell vats
  • Aging / Cooperage 80 % new French oak for 15 to 18 months
  • Alcohol 14.5%

Château L'Église-Clinet Pomerol 2009

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

WA99+, JL99, VN97, FS95-97

Organic fertilization only, every 5 years

$650.00

$299.00

750ML

54% OFF RETAIL!

The 2009 vintage gave L'Église-Clinet one of its greatest moments. Wine Advocate awarded it 99+, James Lawther MW 99, Vinous 97, and Farr Vintners 95 to 97. Denis Durantou worked with traditional methods and indigenous yeasts throughout, and the 2009's extraordinary warmth and ripeness gave him raw material of near-perfect quality. The result is a Pomerol of breathtaking concentration, old vine depth, and a fat, dense palate of extraordinary length and complexity, with minerality, spice, and layers of dark berry fruit that build and build in the glass. Parker once called this estate "a sleeper château of the century," and vintages like 2009 are why. The price here is genuinely remarkable for a wine of this caliber. Don't hesitate.

About The Producer

The origins of Château L'Église-Clinet trace back to 1803, when Jean Rouchut first acquired vines adjacent to a small cemetery in Pomerol, with the estate taking shape in 1882 when the family expanded through the acquisition of neighboring plots from the Domaine de Clinet. For most of its early history it was a quiet, unremarkable property — until Denis Durantou inherited it and took over operations in 1983. What he found was a cellar in disrepair: dirt floors, aging untempered vats, no temperature control. What followed was one of Pomerol's great transformation stories. Durantou replanted much of the 5.5-hectare vineyard, rebuilt the cellar from the ground up, and within two years began producing wines that drew mounting critical attention through the 1990s. Robert Parker famously called it "the sleeper château of the century," and the wines — concentrated, opulent, and built on some of the plateau's finest blue clay soils — earned comparisons to Pétrus at a fraction of the price. Durantou passed away in May 2020, a genuine loss to the world of Bordeaux, and today the estate is carried forward by his daughters Noémie and Constance Durantou, who are continuing his meticulous, low-intervention approach across the 4.4-hectare cross-shaped vineyard planted to 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Few estates in Pomerol have earned their reputation as honestly.

$650.00

$299.00

750ML