2025 Clos du Clocher

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

(Pomerol; 78% Merlot; 22% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 32 hl/ha; pH 3.54; IPT 91; 13.3% alcohol; tasted with Jean Baptste Bourotte at Clos du Clocher). Really gorgeous, again, aromatically, with a deep dark black cherry fruit and lots of freshly pounded black pepper. This is yet more floral that its stablemates - with lilac, lily of the valley and a little peony all very evident. It is also more saline in its minerality. There's an intriguing note of sesame which somehow feels familiar. Incredibly pure and very beautiful texturally, this is very layered. I find its extremely composed and gracious, almost glassy in texture despite the richness of the wine and its great density and concentration. Spherical at the core and yet pushing out into the cheeks, this is substantial and achieves that all to rare combination of density and limpidity. You would have no idea of the (considerable) IPT level so well managed are the tannins. But, with the low pH, it indicates the incredible aging potential despite the accessiblity. Monumental yet majesterial. Probably the best ever from here.
95-97/100 Colin Hay

When I first saw the conditions of the 2025 vintage, I found myself wondering whether Pomerol could still hold on to its signature clarity and freshness. Clos du Clocher offers its own answer without hesitation. Cabernet Franc, old vines, and a high proportion of clay help preserve a precise and clearly defined structure on the palate. The violet does not appear immediately; it lingers like a light mist, gently gathering each time the glass is raised. The firm structure of 2025 is compressed into an extremely fine, magnetic powder-like texture. On entry, the palate is highly concentrated; with another turn across the palate, it reveals both finesse and richness. Within this framework, no matter how rich the black plum and blackberry fruit may be, an inner pull keeps everything aligned, drawing it back to the center and leaving behind a vibrant, refreshing intensity.
95-96/100 Alexandre Ma

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Clos du Clocher bursts with vivacious notes of juicy black plums and boysenberry preserves, opening out to reveal hints of crushed rocks, tapenade, and espresso, plus emerging violets and Sichuan pepper scents. The medium-bodied palate is vibrant and juicy with firm, grainy tannins and a crisp backbone, finishing long and fragrant. Very bright, shimmery Pomerol and a real head-turner! The blend is 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.3% and the pH is 3.54. The IPT is 91. This is aging in French oak barrels, 56% new.
94-96/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Packed full of muscular tannins, each strand feeling luscious and silky, deep intense fruit, this is Pomerol at its heart, black chocolate, cocoa bean, olive tapenade, red rose petals, creamy blueberry fruits. Harvest finished here on September 23, started September 4. A little less Cabernet Franc than in some years, simply a reflection of the yield of the berries. Jean-Baptiste Bourotte once again making one of the wines of the vintage in Pomerol.
96/100 Jane Anson