Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol

Classic Lalande de Pomerol from a Chateau that performs well every year - glossy Merlot-based claret which drinks beautifully now.

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 w...(read more)

Interesting much more purple and brighter colour than nearly all the other Pomerols this year, though not massively deep (ie just not opaquely black at the centre). Nose restrained but high-toned...(read more)

Relatively paler than the Cruzelles, there is a saline freshness and purity with an interetsingly grown-up flavour, and a marginally coarser, but energetic texture.