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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.

1990 Petrus

Capsule condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
JR  20   
JS  100   
MB  */***   

1990 Petrus

RP  100   
WS  100   
JR  20   
JS  100   
MB  */***   

1994 Petrus

RP  93   
WS  93   

1995 Petrus

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  96   
JR  17.5   

2007 Château Clinet

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
ST  90+    

2011 Château Clinet

RP  92-94   

1986 Vieux Chateau Certan

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

WS  93   
RP  92   

2021 Château L'Evangile

Lightly elevated cork

JS  97   
WA  94   
VN  94   
JD  94   

2021 Château L'Evangile

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  97   
WA  94   
VN  94   
JD  94   

1986 Chateau Le Pin

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

WS  93   
RP  91   

2011 Chateau Le Pin

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94-96   

1974 Château Trotanoy

3.0ltr

Heavy capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

1986 Château Trotanoy

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

1986 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2000 Château La Petite Eglise

Label condition issue

WS  90   

1986 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

RP  92   

1988 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

Light label condition issue

1990 Château Le Gay

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

2005 Château Le Gay

Light label condition issue

RP  95+    
WS  93   
ST  92   
JR  17   

2005 Clos l'Eglise

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92-94   
JR  16   

1961 Château Latour a Pomerol

1.5ltr

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

RP  100   
WS  94   

1987 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

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

1979 Château Certan-De-May

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

RP  93   
WS  90   

1988 Château Certan-De-May

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

RP  92   

1988 Château Certan-De-May

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

RP  92