Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol

Chateau La Pervenche is arguably a more romantic name than the translation into English - it is hard to know how seriously people would take Chateau Blue Periwinkle - but this is a super Bordeaux bargain. Although quite...(read more)

When you visit this part of Bordeaux, you can turn right for Pomerol where you will pay significantly more for your wines, or left for Lalande de Pomerol, where you will pay considerably less and find quality levels that...(read more)

Jeremy Chasseuil manages to conjure a second wine with lots of Pomerol character for the money. Cinnamon spice on the nose and a silky fine-velvet cushiony feel and a warming spicy roundness - fine tannins that speak of...(read more)

85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc Planting density: 7 500 vines per hectare Average age of vines: 20 years. Vineyards are sustainably farmed, using practices such as cover crops and ploughing. Grapes are harvested by hand,...(read more)

Amazing glass-coating colour depth, and good cassis coulis and oak nose. Palate rather oak-dominated and there is a drying quality to it on the finish. Slightly depends whether this is a sample from a new barrel, which w...(read more)

A touch of class on the nose. A deep sweet blackberry and plum fruit. Lovely silk velvet richness of texture, all in flavour-filled finesse of tannin. Absolutely superb, and at the top level of wines tasted this year. Ve...(read more)

Fine and floral, expressive, very fresh, mid-weight, not overripe - possibly the reverse: taut yet flowing. Blackcurrant, redcurrant. Not really lifted or mineral, it does not quite take off? Slightly leafy and slightly...(read more)