2002 Red Wine

Wine Spectator, 93 points: ...toasty vanilla bean oak and a tasty core of ripe currant black cherry and wild berry. A burst of ripe fruit and seductive oak return on the finish...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: A beautiful success for a right bank 2002, the dedication and perfectionism of the Perses is evident in this medium to full-bodied, deep ruby/purple-tinged offering. Sweet aromas of mocha, black cherries, cassis, and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Even better from bottle than from cask, and one of the finest wines of the vintage, this dense purple-colored 2002 reveals wonderfully sweet notes of charcoal, fresh mushrooms, smoke, earth, leather, cassis, and cedar...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Along with Petrus, Clos l’Eglise is one of the finest wines of the vintage in Pomerol. Its deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by a sumptuous perfume of mocha, fudge, vanilla, black cherries, espresso, and plums, a...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Plum and berry aromas with just hints of spices, fine tannins and a lovely silky finish. Not a big wine but refined and subtle. Lovely length. Consistently outstanding. Best after 2008. –JS

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Bold and rich but restrained. Tightly wound now but manages to push a load of dense blackberry and currant flavors across the palate. Framed by a judicious use of vanilla-laced oak. Tannins are firm yet integrated. Give...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Slightly firm at first but then almost gushes with pure silky raspberry fruit followed by notes of iron tobacco and semisweet chocolate. Beautifully done. Drink now through 2021. 665 cases made. -JM

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Complex aromas of blackberries tobacco and cedar follow through to a full-bodied palate with ripe velvety tannins and a long caressing finish. Very beautiful. Best after 2009. -JS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The wine of the vintage? There are only 10000 cases of this extraordinarily rich dense 2002 ...It is dark ruby/purple to the rim with notes of English walnuts crushed rocks black currants and forest floor dense...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: The Château l'Eglise-Clinet 2002 has a relatively uncomplicated bouquet following the 2000 and 2001, although it is well defined with attractive black cherries, strawberry, soy and allspice. The palate is medium-bodied...