Château La Conseillante

Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2006

Name: Château La Conseillante, Pomerol
Brand: Château La Conseillante
Price: 1603.07 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

92/100

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2006
12x75cl
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£1,603.07

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Pretty purple flowers on the nose, violets with hints of vanilla, wonderfully expressive and yielding, with secondary espresso richness. Perfumed also on the palate, where pure dark fruit is wrapped around a brooding core of firm tannins and fine terroir. Fine definition, pinpoint focus, great balance and seductive complexity: this wine has it all. A blend of 85% merlot and 15% cabernet franc that will see 90% new oak.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Firm strict tannins, clear salinity on the finish coupled with dark berry fruits of cassis and bilberry. Tight on the finish, with curls of violet flowers, full of character and finesse. Just 200 bottles and one magnum left at the estate. 80% new oak, 20% one year barrel, 42hl/h yield.

drinking window 2021 - 2045

date of review 11/2021

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2006 La Conseillante has a surprisingly rich and opulent bouquet that might lack complexity but goes for sheer hedonism. Mulberry, hints of fresh fig and prune, this is a La Conseillante that has avowed not to be outshone by the previous two vintages, though you can argue that it accomplishes that in rather obvious fashion. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe tannin. There is plenty of truffle tinged red fruit and an engaging rounded texture, but now it is beginning to lose its complexity and it feels just a tad monotonous against the splendid 2005. Tasted at La Conseillante vertical at the property.

drinking window 2018 - 2032

date of review 05/2018

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pomerol

Producer:

Château La Conseillante

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.