2014 Château Bourgneuf, Pomerol, Bordeaux

2014 Château Bourgneuf, Pomerol, Bordeaux

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2014 Château Bourgneuf, Pomerol, Bordeaux

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The Château Bourgneuf 2014 (formerly Bourgneuf-Vayron) has a ripe, fleshy redcurrant and raspberry-scented bouquet that is a little reserved compared to its Pomerol peers. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly “bony” tannin, linear in style with plenty of freshness and a light marine influence coming through on the rather attenuated finish. There is something a little “old school” about this Pomerol, but it has personality and charm. Tasted three times with consistent notes.
Neal Martin - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com #218 Apr 2015

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Wine Advocate87-89/100
The Château Bourgneuf 2014 (formerly Bourgneuf-Vayron) has a ripe, fleshy redcurrant and raspberry-scented bouquet that is a little reserved compared to its Pomerol peers. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly “bony” tannin, linear in style with plenty of freshness and a light marine influence coming through on the rather attenuated finish. There is something a little “old school” about this Pomerol, but it has personality and charm. Tasted three times with consistent notes.
Neal Martin - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com #218 Apr 2015 Read more
Jancis Robinson MW16/20
Crimson with a rather pale rim. A little rustic on the nose then very sweet on the palate. Robust, old-style Pomerol. Plump and satisfying without being terribly ambitious.
Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com - Apr 2015 Read more
Decanter16.25/20
Dark and red fruit notes with a hint of mocha. Oak apparent on the palate but integrated. Juicy fruit but slightly drying finish. Read more

About this WINE

Chateau Bourgneuf

Chateau Bourgneuf

Château Bourgneuf is located in the midst of the Grand Crus vineyards on the western side of a high plateau in Pomerol in Bordeaux.

The 9 hectares of gravely soil are mixed with sand. The plantings consist of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. This lesser-known Pomerol wine shows a highly developed bouquet, consistent quality, good concentration, and ageing potential.

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Pomerol

Pomerol

Pomerol is the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations, with about 150 producers and approximately 740 hectares of vineyards. It is home to many bijou domaines, many of which produce little more than 1,000 cases per annum.

Both the topography and architecture of the region is unremarkable, but the style of the wines is most individual. The finest vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay which extends across the gently-elevated plateau of Pomerol, which runs from the north-eastern boundary of St Emilion. On the sides of the plateau, the soil becomes sandier and the wines lighter.

For a long time Pomerol was regarded as the poor relation of St Emilion, but the efforts of Jean-Pierre Moueix in the mid-20th century brought the wine to the attention of more export markets, where its fleshy, intense and muscular style found a willing audience, in turn leading to surge in prices led by the demand for such limited quantities.

There is one satellite region to the immediate north, Lalande-de-Pomerol whose wines are stylistically very similar, if sometimes lacking the finesse of its neighbour. There has never been a classification of Pomerol wines.

Recommended Châteaux : Ch. Pétrus, Vieux Ch. Certan, Le Pin, Ch. L’Eglise-Clinet, Ch. La Conseillante, Ch. L’Evangile, Ch. Lafleur, Trotanoy, Ch. Nenin, Ch. Beauregard, Ch. Feytit-Clinet, Le Gay.

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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