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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

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

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1990 Château La Conseillante

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  90   

2014 Château La Conseillante

Light label condition issue

JS  94-95   
WA  92-94   
VN  90-93   
JR  17   
3 available
Bid

2014 Vieux Chateau Certan

VN  97+    
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
JR  16   
3 available
Bid *

1997 Blason de L'Evangile

Light capsule condition issue

1989 Château Lafleur

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95   
JR  19   
ST  94   
3 available
Bid *

1989 Château Lafleur

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95   
JR  19   
ST  94   

2018 Château Lafleur

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  100   
JD  100   
WA  98+    
VN  97   
JR  19   
4 available
Bid *

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

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

3 available
Bid

1985 Château Trotanoy

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

1985 Château Trotanoy

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

1985 Château Trotanoy

Lightly depressed cork; 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

1998 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  94+    
JR  15.5   

1998 Château Trotanoy

3.0ltr

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  94+    
JR  15.5   

2005 Château Le Gay

1.5ltr

RP  95+    
WS  93   
ST  92   
JR  17   
6 available
Bid *

2015 Château Le Gay

Light label condition issue

JS  95-96   
JD  95   
WA  94-96   
VN  93-96   

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   

1990 Clos l'Eglise

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

2 available
Bid *

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   

1982 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  96