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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.

1997 Château Lafleur

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

1966 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

1983 Château Trotanoy

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

1985 Château Trotanoy

Lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1985 Château Trotanoy

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

1985 Château Trotanoy

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

1988 Château Le Gay

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

1979 Petrus

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

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1979 Petrus

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

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

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   

1982 Château Certan-De-May

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  93+    
WS  93   
ST  92   
MB  ****   

2012 Château Le Gay

RP  94+    
WS  92-95   
VN  89-92   

2019 Château Plince

JS  94   
WA  90-92   
VN  90+    

2005 Château Le Gay

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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RP  95+    
WS  93   
ST  92   
JR  17   

1975 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   

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   

2006 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

RP  96   
ST  94   
WS  93   
JR  18   

2012 Château Trotanoy

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

1982 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

1.5ltr

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   

1982 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

1.5ltr

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

RP  96