Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2008

Name: Château La Conseillante, Pomerol
Brand: Château La Conseillante
Price: 1543.07 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Another estate doing everything right. This exhibits really seductive floral notes interspersed with pretty red and black berry fruits. The palate is typically suave with an intense, delicious fruit core - this possesses wonderful finesse and a lightness of touch. A really elegant offering with real clarity and precision. An excellent Conseillante.

critic reviews

93/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

This remains fairly knitted down and needs a good 30 minutes in the glass to open. Toasted oak notes, liqourice root, powerful fennel and aniseed, cassis and bilberry, black pepper spice, some fresh acidities even at 13 years old. This was a complicated summer season in Pomerol followed by a beatuful harvest and there is real charm and balance in this wine. 80% new oak, 20% one year old barrels, 34hl/h yield, harvest September 26 to October 7.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2034

date of review 11/2021

94/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2008 La Conseillante has an attractive bouquet at ten years of age, unfolding discretely in the glass with engaging scents of Morello cherry, blackcurrant, orange pith, cedar and a touch of mint. The delineation here is very impressive. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin and a keen thread of acidity. It conveys energy and vivacity and then develops a quite irony note towards the second half with traces of white pepper and bay leaf infusing the red and black fruit. What I appreciate here is its focus and drive, a Pomerol intent on longevity. It is drinking perfectly well now, but it will have more to give. (Tasted at the château and at BI Wine & Spirit’s annual vertical tasting.)

DRINKING WINDOW 2018 - 2035

date of review 02/2018