The Winery Clos du Clocher of Pomerol of Bordeaux

Winery Clos du Clocher - Esprit de Clocher Pomerol
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Jean-Baptiste Audy.
It is ranked in the top 63 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pomerol in the region of Bordeaux

The Winery Clos du Clocher is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Pomerol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos du Clocher wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos du Clocher wines in Pomerol among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos du Clocher wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Clos du Clocher wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Clos du Clocher

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clos du Clocher

How Winery Clos du Clocher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lamb skewers, irish stew with beer or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clos du Clocher

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos du Clocher. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, caramel or coffee and sometimes also flavors of licorice, black cherries or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clos du Clocher. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos du Clocher

  • 1999With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.12/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clos du Clocher.

  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Pomerol

The wine region of Pomerol is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pétrus or the Domaine Le Pin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pomerol are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pomerol often reveals types of flavors of cherry, flint or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of salt, dried fig or nutty.

In the mouth of Pomerol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 336 estates and châteaux in the of Pomerol, producing 444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pomerol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Clos du Clocher

Planning a wine route in the of Pomerol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Clos du Clocher.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Clos du Clocher and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it

Colin Hay, a professor of political economy with a special interest in the Place de Bordeaux, considers the different ways of approaching en primeur purchasing, ahead of this year’s 2021 campaign. Buying en primeur wines is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling in which the consumer purchases the wine typically in the early summer following the vintage even though it will not be bottled and delivered for a further 12-18 months. It is, in effect, a futures mark ...

Château Lassègue names seventh-generation vigneron Nicolas Seillan as its new winemaker

Seillan takes on his new role in addition to his current position as senior vice president of finance, Château Lassègue and Tenuta di Arceno. Château Lassègue said Seillan will continue to work alongside his father, renowned vigneron Pierre Seillan, who said: ‘I am proud that my son Nicolas will continue in the tradition of our family lineage as a seventh-generation vigneron, and bring his passion and respect for the great terroirs and wines of France.’ Born into a family of French vignerons, Ni ...

The word of the wine: Phenolic ripeness

A distinction is made between the ripeness of sugars and acids and the ripeness of tannins and other compounds such as anthocyanins and tannins, which will bring structure and colour. Grapes can be measured at 13° potential without having reached this phenolic maturity. Vinified at this stage, they will give hard, astringent wines, without charm.