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Château La Conseillante, Pomerol
Château La Conseillante

Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2017

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Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2017

2017
Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2017

La Conseillante played a masterstroke this year by holding a vertical tasting going back to 1985, whereby they cleverly focused the attention of all professional tasters onto the 2005. As if they needed it! Their ’05 is a stunner, with all the character and finesse of the best wines of the vintage. A beautifully perfumed but powerful nose showing violets and cherry fruit; intense blackberry and bramble come through on the palate, amidst complex flavours of dried fruit and mixed peel, chocolate sponge and lifting, fresh acidity.

Maturity:
Keep/Drink
ABV:
13.5%
95/100
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Softly nuanced aromatics with gorgeous floral notes and fine aromatics. This is less structured and with a cooler vintage character than the vintages of either side of the 2017 but there is so much pleasure to be had here, finesse, personality, salinity, but there is also concentration here as it opens; Lovely wine easily one of the highlights of 2017 vintage. 70% new oak, 30% one year barrels. Harvest September 5 to 29. A year where much of Bordeaux was impacted by frost, but here at La Conseillante they lost just one small plot at the bottom of the vineyard, leaving yields of 34hl/ha.
Date Reviewed:
11/2021
97/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
The 2017 La Conseillante is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps with notions of black and red cherry preserves, fresh black plums, and mulberries, plus hints of aniseed, Jasmine tea, and fragrant earth. Medium-bodied, elegant, and lively in the mouth, it has intense red berry and floral layers, finishing with a minerally lift.
Date Reviewed:
06/2022
93/100
Neal Martin, Vinous
The 2017 La Conseillante has firmed up in recent months. This bottle was decanted for a couple of hours, and to be frank, I had reckoned on it being more open. More fool me! This is tight and intense on the nose, beautifully defined yet clearly shutting down. The firmness that I alluded to in my previous note is more accentuated, and as such, I would give this several years before broaching.
Date Reviewed:
01/2023

specifications

country:
France
region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
Pomerol
Producer:
Château La Conseillante
style:
Red
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet Franc
Allergen Information:
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Conseillante occupies a charmed position on the border between St Emilion and Pomerol; surrounded by such luminaries as Cheval Blanc, Petrus, VCC and Evangile – so this is good terroir! After a period of slight underachievement, their very talented winemaker, Marielle Cazaux assisted by superstar oenologist, Thomas Duclos, has guided Conseillante back to the top table. Her wines are glossy and texturally alluring, both ripe and velvety, but also bright and refreshing. This is perhaps best exemplified by the wonderful 2022, the culmination of many years of hard work and one of the stars of the vintage.

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