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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.

1970 Petrus

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

RP  98   
MB  ***   

1983 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
MB  ****   

2009 Château Clinet

Light capsule condition issue

RP  100   
JS  96   
WS  94   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

2017 Château Clinet

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WE  95   
JS  93   
JD  93   
WA  92-94   
JR  16   

2022 Château Clinet

JD  98   
JS  97   
WA  94+    
2 available
Bid *

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   

1986 Vieux Chateau Certan

Base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   

2015 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  98+    
WS  97   
3 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 *

2019 Vieux Chateau Certan

WA  100   
VN  99   
JS  99   
JD  98+    
WS  97   
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   

1995 Château Trotanoy

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

WS  97   
WA  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   

1998 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  94+    
JR  15.5   
2 available
Bid *

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
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2004 Château Trotanoy

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Case condition issue

WS  90+    
ST  90+    
RP  89-90   

2011 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

RP  92-95   
VN  92+    

1981 Château Le Gay

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

5 available
Bid *

1982 Château Le Gay

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

RP  97+    

1990 Château Le Gay

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

WS  93