Fronsac, Libournais

Château Clinet

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Youthful showing red & black fruits, spice box, graphite, tobacco & floral notes — 7 days ago

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Château L'Evangile

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Presented to me double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core and rust colored rim; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some signs of light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and drying fruits: lightly stewed blackberries, black cherry, plums, tobacco, dried green herbs, old fine wood, vanilla and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long.

Initial conclusions: this could be Tempranillo, Malbec, Merlot (or based blend), or Zinfandel-based blend from Spain, Argentina, France or the United States. However, the staining was a bit much unless there was a lot of PS in the blend so I eliminated Zinfandel. I also didn’t think this was purple enough for Malbec. This left me with Tempranillo or Merlot and I felt that this leaned more towards its structure than fruit so I was leaning Spain or France with 15-20 years of age and from a solar vintage. Ultimately, I chose Tempranillo, from Spain, Rioja, Gran Reserva from 2006…from a quality producer like C.V.N.E. Yeah, I can see Pomerol. Shoot. This is stuff and ready to drink now and will drink well through 2032+.
— a month ago

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Somm David T

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Menthol notes usually gets me to Pomerol.
Jay Kline

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@Somm David T noted. Menthol is typical something I get from a number of Bordeaux varieties (and blends thereof), and sometimes old wines in general.
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Blind tasting is never easy. A really good golf swing might be easier. 😂

Château Latour à Pomerol

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Lyle Fass
9.5

Terrific classic Pomerol from a legendary right bank vintage. Raspberry cake, smoke, tobacco, leather and cocoa. Palate is opulent and silky with so much finesse and gorgeously ripe tannins. — 20 days ago

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Ron R

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Nice notes.
Lyle Fass

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@Ron R thanks!

Château Canon-la-Gaffelière

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2002

Wow! This still has crunchy fruit like cherries and cranberries! Sweet and plush mouthfeel. Feminine, elegant structure.
Wonderful wine!
Clearly, it’s a good day to drink tweeduizendtwee. 🤭
— 23 days ago

Dave, Jan and 7 others liked this

Château Trotanoy

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

So good; euro 550 — 16 days ago

Andrew, "Odedi" and 2 others liked this

Château Fleur Cardinale

Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Lovely deep garnet, red fruit, opened up over the evening — 10 days ago

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Classy & polished consistent with my prior notes — 9 days ago

Shay, jesus and 10 others liked this

Château de Sales

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Been too long since I’ve had Bordeaux. This one is a golf shot away from one of the “big boys” and a steal for a fraction of the price. — 12 days ago

Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1993

Comida amigos CUU DOS AGUAS — 17 hours ago

Château Faugères

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Little spice flavor
Good. 40 coatco though
— 18 days ago

Daniel, Dave and 3 others liked this