2020 Clos de l'Eglise (Lalande de Pomerol)

The 2020 Clos l'Église has a complex bouquet of blackberry, loam, hints of truffle and iron filings. The palate is well-balanced and full of freshness, with fine-boned tannins and seamlessly integrated oak toward the finish. This is a classy number—elegant, yet with plenty of horsepower. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Aromas of ripe plums and raspberries mingled with hints of rose petals and toasty new oak preface the 2020 Clos l'Eglise, a medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping wine with a broad attack that segues into a fleshy core of fruit, with powdery extract asserting itself on the youthfully chewy finish.