Jane Anson: 97 Punkte
"Elegant, slow unrolling of black fruit flavours, beautiful precision, get a lot of fennel here, even a touch of marzipan, coffee grounds, savoury and juicy, black fruits, cassis and blueberry, violets, powdery rose petals. This is just exceptional within the vintage, such a deeply felt and deeply chiselled wine, and I can unhesitatingly recommend. No chaptilisation, 3.59ph, 85% new oak. Harvest September 21 to 28, 45hl/h yield, Noëmie Durantou winemaker and co-owner. Clearly will age with elegance and finesse. Red wine of the vintage for me." (04/2025)
Decanter: 97 Punkte
"Dark fruit, ripe blackcurrants and plums, black cherries, sweetly floral, raspberry and cherry. Controlled and calm, this has a crushed velvet texture, almost thick in the mouth. Super seductive, chewy, ripe, fleshy even but still cool and focused. Mint, liquorice and graphite with crushed stones. This really packs a punch in terms of flavour and brightness. Mouthwatering, succulent, clean, fragrant and still with power but refined on the finish, the tannins perfectly integrated. Dark and serious but with hints of fun too. You just want to drink this right now. Flawlessly executed and furthermore a wine that gives you real emotion. Serious contender for wine of the vintage. Ageing 85% new oak barrels. 3.59pH. A yield of 42hl/ha. No chaptalisation." - Georgina Hindle (04/2025)
Vinum: 98 Punkte
"Leuchtendes Rubinrot; eine Nase die sprachlos macht, dunkle Frucht, Brombeeren, Pflaumen, Kirschen, Veilchen, dazu feuchter Stein nach Sommergewitter, ein Schnüffelwein sondergleichen; am Gaumen von majestätischer Eleganz, kernig, fokussiert, Massen an Gerbstoffen von höchster Güte umhüllen die Frucht, cremige Textur, ausgezeichnete Länge. Ob man es glauben will oder nicht; dieser Eglise Clinet gehört mit Sicherheit zum Besten, was das rechte Ufer dieses Jahr zu bieten hat."
The Drinks Business: 95-97+ Punkte
"A brilliant achievement from Noëmie Durantou and Olivier Gautrat. If anyone was going to rise to the multiple challenges of this vintage it was going to be them. They have. Initially introvert and subtle. It demands calm respect, and you have to come to it. A little spiritual in a way. It’s refined and very beautiful, with a delicate and beguiling florality – incense (as in La Petite Eglise), but just a little more here, violets, rose petals and peony, all very fresh. Black cherries, blueberries, mulberries and black berries, again as if painted in pixilated detail. Graphite and cedar enrobe the fruit but also allow it the space it needs. There’s a slight hint of wild freshly picked herbs and even a touch of heather. Texturally sublime. Incredibly soft on the entry, but that softness comes as even more of a surprise because of the intensity, density and compactness of the mid-palate. Spherical at the core, with pixilating tannins that help one focus in on and pick out the details from the dense cylindrical core of the palate. As it opens, however, it’s as if one starts to pick out the velvet layers and that changes a little the impression of the form and structure of the wine, rendering it both more ample and accentuating the sense of depth and profundity. A wine that transcends the vintage. Unique and rather different in its identity than the other superstars of the Pomerol plateau; it’s actually more like Petrus than anything else (but the Cabernet Franc really speaks here too). Gracious and ethereal yet serious, intellectual and in great harmony with the vintage." - Colin Hay (05/2025)
Yves Beck: 97-99 Punkte
"Die Symbiose aus Reduktion und reifen Früchten offenbart die Komplexität und Reserviertheit, die in diesem Bouquet vorhanden sind. Es offenbart auch Nuancen von frischem Holz, die nur einen winzigen Teil des olfaktorischen Charakters ausmachen. Hinzu kommen die Noten von Holunder, Pfefferminze, Pflaumen und Teeblättern, die allmählich zum Vorschein kommen. Am Gaumen überzeugt der Wein durch seine Fülle, seine Fähigkeit, in Bezug auf Substanz und Eleganz zu überzeugen. Er ist schlank und breit, schwebend und tief, funkelnd und gelassen. Er ist einfach ein großer Wein. Vielleicht sogar ein sehr großer Wein, der es noch werden kann. Er eröffnet mehr als erfreuliche Perspektiven , sie sind überzeugend, berührend und tröstlich. Jedes Jahr hat seinen Platz für große Weine, Eglise Clinet ist einer davon." (04/2025)
Weinwisser: 19/20 Punkte
