Château Eglise-Clinet

Château Eglise-Clinet was created in 1882 when Monsieur Mauleon-Rouchut, grandfather of Denis Durantou, the current owner, brought together various plots of land from Clos de l'Eglise and Domaine de Clinet. Château Eglise-Clinet thus consists of a 4.5-hectare vineyard surrounding the Saint-Jean de Pomerol church in the Bordeaux region.

Resting on clay-gravel soil, the vines of Château Eglise-Clinet benefit from the natural slopes of the plots and a century-old drainage system to prevent excess water. With an average age of over 40 years, the vines are 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. After daily tasting of the berries by around thirty cutters, the harvest is carried out quickly thanks to the leaf removal and thinning carried out from August to September. After two to three weeks of fermentation, the wine is aged in oak barrels for 18 months. This process produces Pomerol wines of great density, but whose elegance places Château Eglise-Clinet at the top of the appellation.