{"id":332,"date":"2011-06-28T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2013-02-12T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:00:52","slug":"2010-bordeaux-top-pomerol-la-conseillante-and-le-petit-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/2010-bordeaux-top-pomerol-la-conseillante-and-le-petit-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Bordeaux &#8211; Top Pomerol &#8211; La Conseillante and &#8216;Le Petit Lion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-M-Laporte-12.png\"><\/a>This afternoon has seen the release of\u00a0<strong>Vieux Ch\u00e2teau Certan 2010<\/strong>, in such limited volumes that we will struggle to fulfil existing orders. <strong>L&#8217;Evangile<\/strong> is also now sold out.\u00a0However its release was swiftly followed by that of another wine which all the critics rated incredibly highly, namely <strong>La Conseillante<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-M-Laporte-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-347\" title=\"Jean-Michel Laporte of La Conseillante\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-M-Laporte-14.png\" alt=\"Jean-Michel Laporte of La Conseillante\" width=\"500\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/J-M-Laporte-13.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under its dynamic manager Jean-Michel Laporte, <strong>La Conseillante<\/strong> has made huge strides in quality in recent vintages, and has gathered base of loyal fans &#8211; for good reason. This is expensive, but if you want a top Pomerol in this excellent Pomerol vintage, with notes like these\u00a0La Conseillante\u00a0represents good value in relative terms:-<\/p>\n<p>94 (L&amp;S)<br \/>\n17 (Jancis Robinson MW OBE (www.jancisrobinson.com))<br \/>\n95 &#8211; 98 (Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate)<br \/>\n94 &#8211; 96 (Neal Martin&#8217;s Wine Journal, erobertparker.com)<br \/>\n94 &#8211; 97 (James Molesworth, The Wine Spectator)<br \/>\n97 &#8211; 98 (James Suckling, jamessuckling.com)<br \/>\n*****18.5 (James Lawther MW, decanter.com)<br \/>\n17.5-18.5\/20 (Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com)<br \/>\n97 (Tim Atkin MW)<\/p>\n<p>Back in Saint Julien, the second wine of L\u00e9oville las Cases, <strong>Le Petit Lion<\/strong>, the name of which celebrates the lion arch into the Las Cases vineyard which is a landmark on the road between Saint Julien and Chateau Latour &#8211; no doubt the Grand Vin will also be released soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clos-Las-Cases2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344\" title=\"Clos Las Cases\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Clos-Las-Cases2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon has seen the release of\u00a0Vieux Ch\u00e2teau Certan 2010, in such limited volumes that we will struggle to fulfil existing orders. 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