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Clos de la Vieille Eglise 2005 - Pomerol
Clos de la Vieille Eglise 2005 - Pomerol
Bottle Price: £35.00
Case Price: £399
- Country: France
- Region: Bordeaux
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Franc, Merlot
- Alcohol: 13%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Elegant and complex, silky, soft fruit flavours. Aged in new oak, a great wine with less than 600 cases made each year, drinking now but will develop over the next 10 years plus. Wonderful Pomerol - 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.
'Enticing nose of iron filings, tobacco and spice. Rich palate of figs and cedar, minerals and oak. Interesting and intense wine'
16.1 points Decanter Magazine
Have with: Roast lamb, beef en croute, Manchego cheese
Clos de la Vieille Eglise - Pomerol, Bordeaux
Thanks to its soil, Pomerol is home to the world's elite Merlot-based wines. These wines blessed by the gods combine exceptional aromatic power with incredibly velvety tannins.
Pomerol resisted the urban spread of the city of Libourne, which can be seen in the distance. Every possible square metre of ground that is suitable for growing vines is carefully planted.
Created in 1936, this Appellation has a winemaking tradition began by the Romans and continued by members of religious groups who also created a hospital for pilgrims passing on their way to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. Even if no wines from Pomeral are classified, the area's ancient reputation has never been tarnished.
With a dense and profound colour, refined and powerful at the same time, the Pomerol AOC is a wine that can age, but can also be enjoyed young. Its powerful tannins are partially concealed by a smooth, velvety full texture. Opulent and sensual, it is a wine that can make a wine lover out of anyone.
Clos de la Vieille Eglise is a property consisting of only 1.5 hectares with soil of clay and gravel with iron in the subsoil, producing on average only 9000 bottles each year. Consisting of 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc from 40 year old vines producing a wine of deep ruby colour with smoky, liquorice and caramel notes (from the 60% new oak barrels used each year.) - fine and complex with silky and elegant tannins.
To the west of France, Bordeaux, set around the Garonne and the Dordogne, has the microclimate created by cool sea breezes and warm land which makes it lush and fertile. Wines include Pomerol, St Emilion, Margaux, Pauillac, St Julien and St Estephe, Graves and Sauternes, but vintages can be unpredictable and expensive wines snapped up by investors. Recent changes however mean Bordeaux winemakers are reverting to traditional methods and the result is better value wines for everyone. We have selected wines from several sub-regions on the 'Right Bank' that demonstrate the wonderful variety available.
The mostly small-sized producers in this area of about 7.60 km2 (2.93 sq mi) produce red wines. As in the neighbouring appellation of Saint-Émilion, the predominant grape variety is Merlot, often with Cabernet Franc and smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon. Unlike other Bordeaux regions, Pomerol has no official wine ranking or classification. However, wines like Château Pétrus and Château Le Pin and are priced as high as the classified first growths of the Pauillac and Saint-Émilion such as Château Latour and Château Cheval Blanc.
The next-door and slightly larger "satellite" appellation of Lalande-de-Pomerol produces similar wines which are shorter lived and less expensive
