1998 Clos L'Eglise PomerolTasting Notes Very fresh and intense with fantastic dark fruit and wet earth. Mushrooms, too. Full bodied, powerful and extremely long. Such depth and freshness. A great wine. I remember this wine when it was young; it showed so much wood, but it has come together wonderfully. Bravo! Long future. About Winery Clos LEglise is known for producing high quality wines that are complex and flavorful. The wines undergo malolactic fermentation in 100% new

5% Cabernet Franc

19th Century Beginnings: The Michel family has been growing grapes in Chablis since at least the early 1800s

the finish transitions from mineral to cassis and then glides through ripe plum adorned with allspice and espresso

a French Benedictine monk

produces wines that have much in common with the lushness and concentration of Ausone

tumultuous sea and an equally expansive

this wine shows a flavor profile distinctly influenced by its volcanic basalt soil

We are given the freedom to emulate these great wines without the restrictions of varietal percentages

and refined wines

between 1862 and 1864

In the 1990s

by Koerner and Joan Rombauer