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Wine Description
The Story
There are just 6 hectares of vines at Clos L’Eglise planted with 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc on clay and gravel soils. Helene Garcin-Leveque has invested heavily in this estate. With such exceptional terroir it is probably only a matter of time before this 1250 case cuvee becomes one of the superstars of the commune.
Vintage 1972
The 1972 Bordeaux vintage stands as one of the most notoriously wet, cold, and disastrous harvests in post-WWII history, defined by a freezing, protracted spring that severely disrupted fruit set (coulure and millerandage), a sunless, chilly summer, and unrelenting rain throughout October. Contending with widespread rot, low natural sugar levels, and severe dilution across both the Left and Right Banks, châteaux were forced into drastic measur...