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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.

1978 Petrus

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

MB  ***   

1979 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1982 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; heavy label condition issue

MB  *****   
WA  96   
WS  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   
JR  18+    

2020 Château Clinet

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
WA  94   
WS  93   

1982 Château La Fleur Petrus

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

WS  96   
RP  90   

2015 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  98+    
WS  97   
2 available
Bid *

2015 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  98+    
WS  97   

2017 Vieux Chateau Certan

Lightly depressed cork

WA  98   
WS  98   
VN  98   
JS  98   
JD  98   
WE  96   
JR  18.5   
2 available
Bid *

1986 Vieux Chateau Certan

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   

2011 Chateau Le Pin

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94-96   

1982 Château Trotanoy

Very top shoulder fill

RP  94   
VN  94   
ST  94+    
WS  93   
MB  ****   

1989 Château Trotanoy

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

WS  92   

1998 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  94+    
JR  15.5   

1998 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  94+    
JR  15.5   

2004 Château Trotanoy

WS  90+    
ST  90+    
RP  89-90   
4 available
Bid *

2004 Château Trotanoy

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Case condition issue

WS  90+    
ST  90+    
RP  89-90   

2012 Château La Petite Eglise

VN  90   
JR  16.5   
6 available
Bid *

2011 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

RP  92-95   
VN  92+    

2015 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

1.5ltr

WA  98+    
VN  95+    
WS  94   
JR  17.5   
3 available
Bid *

1998 Château Gazin

WS  91   
RP  90   
2 available
Bid

1998 Château Gazin

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   
2 available
Bid

1998 Château Gazin

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   

1998 Château Gazin

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   

1998 Château Gazin

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   

1982 Château Le Gay

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

RP  97+