Château L Eglise Clinet 1961
Château L’Eglise Clinet 1961 is a red wine from Pomerol, Bordeaux, produced by Château L’Eglise Clinet. It is crafted from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awarded it 92/100 and Jancis Robinson 18/20. Critics note a rich, balanced wine with ripe fruit, a velvety texture, a still robust expression, and slightly rustic tannins. Drinking windows indicated: 1996-2006 by The Wine Advocate and 2013-2018 by Jancis Robinson.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pomerol
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château L'Eglise Clinet
- Millésime
- 1961
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
Château L'Eglise Clinet
Château L’Église-Clinet is a Pomerol estate situated near the Church of Saint-Jean, on the appellation’s plateau. Its vineyard, covering approximately 4.5 hectares and planted with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, is run by the Durantou family. Since the passing of Denis Durantou in 2020, Noémie Durantou has been running the estate alongside cellar master Olivier Gautrat.
- Owner
- Famille Durantou
- Maître de chais
- Olivier Gautrat
- Surface (ha)
- 4.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 18000
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s origins date back to 1882, when Mauléon-Rouchut, an ancestor of Denis Durantou, brought together family plots from Clos L’Église and plots from the neighbouring Château Clinet. The new wine-growing estate was then named Clos L’Église-Clinet and was situated near the Church of Saint-Jean in Pomerol. In 1942, the Durantou family joined forces with Pierre Lasserre, who took over the management of the estate and oversaw the marketing of the wines. In the 1950s, the estate adopted the name Château L’Église-Clinet. The 1955 vintage was the first to be marketed under this label. Denis Durantou took over the running of the family estate in 1983. He then undertook a refurbishment of the production facilities and carried out extensive work in the vineyard. Following his death in May 2020, his daughter Noémie Durantou has taken over the running of the estate. She works alongside Olivier Gautrat, the estate’s cellar master.
