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2025 is the first vintage to feature Cabernet Sauvignon in 70 years, helping to bring a new and different angle to the wine in the face of increasingly warm growing seasons. Incredibly fine and delicate nose. Macerated strawberries, crushed raspberries and damsons. Wonderfully floral, full of roses and peonies – almost pinoté in expression. Really nicely held together by the beautifully managed fine tannins and driving bead of acidity. A masterclass in focus, finesse and precision. Chapeau Marielle!
The 2025 La Conseillante is shaping up to be magnificent. Rich and luscious in the glass, the 2025 offers up an exotic mélange of inky dark fruit, cloves, new leather, licorice and mocha. This is the first vintage that sees the return of Cabernet Sauvignon, historically a part of the blend from at least 1871 to 1956, when frost devastated many vineyards in Pomerol. The 2025 is impressively deep, but also quite vibrant. I can't wait to see how it ages. It's a superb effort from Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and her team. Cazaux made an immediate impact when she arrived in 2015, starting with a move to lower-intervention farming that was immediately apparent. I will have more to say about that and other related subjects in a separate article we will publish later in the year. Tasted two times. Drink 2035-2065.
2025 is the first vintage to feature Cabernet Sauvignon in 70 years, helping to bring a new and different angle to the wine in the face of increasingly warm growing seasons. Incredibly fine and delicate nose. Macerated strawberries, crushed raspberries and damsons. Wonderfully floral, full of roses and peonies – almost pinoté in expression. Really nicely held together by the beautifully managed fine tannins and driving bead of acidity. A masterclass in focus, finesse and precision. Chapeau Marielle!
The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.
