Château L'Eglise Clinet - Pomerol 1990 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056

Wine Advocate

91 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/2009

Offering sweet black currant liqueur, loamy soil, truffle, caramel, and spice notes, this medium to full-bodied, fleshy, low acid, fully mature 1990 can be enjoyed now and over the next decade.

Wine Spectator

90 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe2/28/2005

Racy and very pretty. Full- to medium-bodied, with berry, chocolate and earthy character. Long. Not quite as exciting as I hoped. But outstanding. '89/'90 Bordeaux non-blind horizontal. Drink now.

Wine Advocate

92 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1997

While neither the 1989 or 1990 are as spectacular as L'Eglise-Clinet's 1985, 1986, or 1995, they are fine examples of their respective vintages. The 1990, which continues to put on weight, is a richer, more complete wine than the 1989. The color in an opaque ruby/purple. The wine offers up less evolved, sweet, jammy, black-cherry, smoky, chocolate aromas, followed by a full-bodied, layered, expansively-flavored wine with low acidity, plenty of sweet fruit, and more depth and length than the 1989. It is also more backward. Give it another 2-3 years of cellaring, and drink it over the next two decades.

Wine Advocate

90 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/28/1993

The saturated dark ruby 1990 is nearly opaque. The lovely aroma of smoke, new oak, cassis, leather, chocolate, and black fruits is followed by a wine with excellent ripeness that is also soft, and super-concentrated, with a huge, soft-textured finish. It is the finest L'Eglise-Clinet since the 1985 and 1986. Anticipated maturity: Now-2007.

Wine Advocate

86-89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/1992

An impressive dark ruby color suggests a wine of great concentration - at least visually. However, that is not the case. The lovely aroma of smoke, new oak, cassis and other black fruits is followed by a wine with excellent ripeness. Soft, moderately concentrated, and charming, it does, however, lack grip, as well as the depth found in the 1985 and 1986 from l'Eglise-Clinet. Anticipated maturity: Now-1997.