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"phil" > wrote:

> Hi
> I wonder if anyone could give me any info on Chateau L'Eglise Montagne Saint
> Emilion 2002?
> Should I drink it now? Will it keep? What does it taste like? Is it
> expensive? etc
> TIA Phil
>
>
2002 was a variable year — the weather was not good until September
when there was decent sun and three weeks without rain. August was wet
and rot and fungal growth posed a threat demandinghigh vineyard
standards and a lot of work to get fruit ripened as uniformly as
possible. There was a dearth of good ripe fruit and it was really a
winemaker‘s vintage which perhaps 20 years earlier would not have
produced much. However tannin levels were about average and polyphenol
(skin colour)levels high. Some decent, but probably not great, wine
was made but it is not really a long keeping vintage, in my view.
I can say little of Ch. l‘Eglise — it is 70% merlot and 30% cabernet
franc and about 6 ha. in size. A second wine is made which may be a
hopeful sign. I suggest trying a bottle and seeing but my guess is
that this is one for fairly pleasurable young drinking but not long
cellaring.
Hope that helps a little but there is no substitute for tasting and
seeing if you like it.

Timothy Hartley