Pomerol
With 150 or so producers and roughly 740 hectares of vineyards, the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations is home to myriad bijou domaines – many making little more than 1,000 cases per annum. If the topography and architecture of Pomerol are typical, the style of its wines is anything but. The best vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay extending across the raised plateau of Pomerol from the boundary of St Emilion.
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.
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.
Prices:
Bottle
£25.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 179cs
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£31.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 26cs
Bottle
£63.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 15cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 19cs
Hong Kong Fine Wine Team
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs
Will Heslop, Buyer. Berry Bros. & Rudd
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs
Adam Bilbey - Sales Director
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 37cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£2,945.00
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
D. Magnum
£4,530.00
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£5,138.59
The tight kernel of fruit unfurls on the back palate coupled with persistent tannins. The finish is accompanied by an attractive smoky profile, suggesting clever use of oak. With plenty of dense and concentrated fruit, liquorice and blackberries, this is the most enjoyable tasting of this wine en primeur that we can remember.
Blend: 90% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Blend: 81% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Drink: 2023-2045
James Lawther MW - decanter.com
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
A huge wine, but so elegant, grown-up and heady, this is a genuinely multi-layered wine which offers a lovely cornucopia of flavours throughout the palate and finish. There is such focus here. It's a really successful result: so, so soft and utterly charming.
Blend: 100% Merlot
80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
The intelligent, fascinating and hugely talented Alexandre Thienpont has made a wine that perfectly reflects his personality in 2005. This is the Grand Cru Burgundy of Bordeaux. It is simply in a different class, even in such an exalted vintage as 2005. The nose is heavenly: very Merlot with orange hints to the fragrant aromatic red fruit. The palate then takes you to another dimension with its incredibly pure, silky, intense raspberry fruit supported by firm but very fine tannins. Roll out the red carpet for this one.
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
