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Pomerol

Pomerol is the smallest of Bordeaux’s red wine producing regions, with only about 2,000 acres of vineyards. Located on the east side of the Dordogne River, it is one of the so-called “right bank” appellations and therefore planted primarily to Merlot. Pomerol is unique in Bordeaux in that it is the only district never to have been rated in a classification system. Some historians think Pomerol’s location on the right bank made it unattractive to Bordeaux-based wine traders, who had plenty of wine from Medoc and Graves to export to England and northern Europe. Since ranking estates was essentially a marketing ploy to help brokers sell wine, ranking an area where they did little business held no interest for them. Pomerol didn’t get much attention from the international wine community until the 1960s, when Jean-Pierre Moueix, an entrepreneurial wine merchant, started buying some of Pomerol’s best estates and exporting the wines. Today the influential Moueix family owns Pomerol’s most famous estate, Château Pétrus, along with numerous other Pomerol estates. Pomerol wines, primarily Merlot blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, are considered softer and less tannic than left bank Bordeaux.

1979 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1979 Petrus

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1999 Château Nenin

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1999 Château Nenin

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

1998 Château Le Moulin

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

2001 La Clemence

Light label condition issue

WS  92-94   
RP  90   
ST  89-91   

2007 Château Lafleur

Base neck fill

WS  92   
RP  90   
ST  90-93   
JR  17.5   

2007 Château Lafleur

Base neck fill

WS  92   
RP  90   
ST  90-93   
JR  17.5   

1967 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   

2012 Château Le Gay

RP  94+    
WS  92-95   
VN  89-92   

1982 Château La Conseillante

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  94   
ST  93   
WS  92   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; heavy label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

2005 Château Le Gay

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

See item details for bottle notes

RP  95+    
WS  93   
ST  92   
JR  17   

2005 Clos l'Eglise

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92-94   
JR  16   

2000 Château La Conseillante

6.0ltr

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  90   
ST  90-93   
JR  17.5   

2012 Château Trotanoy

WA  96   
WS  96   
JS  92   
VN  91-93   
JR  18   

2017 Château La Fleur Petrus

VN  96   
JS  96   
JD  95   
WA  94+    
WS  94   
WE  94   
JR  17+