Château La Conseillante, Pomerol
    Château La Conseillante

    Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, 2022

    98-100/100
    The Wine Independent
    97-99/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      EP

      £1,326.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Marielle Cazaux and consultant oenologist Thomas Duclos have produced a velvety and highly textural La Conseillante. This has become a hallmark of Marielle's wines - there is always a generosity and enveloping character to the velour fruit. The 2022 is particularly successful. It opens with notions of creme de mûre, gravelly cassis, violets and eucalyptus. A beautiful, broad, layered palate of ripe plum and griotte cascades over the palate, leading to ripe, nuanced tannins laced with fruits and minerals. Harmonious, refreshing and with a wonderful saline finish, the 2022 La Conseillante is a fabulously detailed and fulsome wine. Produced from a blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc with a modest 14% alc.

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    Critic Reviews

    97-99/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 La Conseillante was picked at 33hL/ha between 5 and 20 September and raised in 70% new oak plus 30% in amphorae. There is 13.9% alcohol. This is quite discrete on the nose, just like L'Évangile, only really opening after several minutes. Blackberry, blueberry, hints of iris flower, perhaps more floral than L'Évangile and Cheval Blanc. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins plus a fine bead of acidity. Fresh and focused, this is maybe less concentrated on the mid-palate than expected but that maintains an unerring sense of equilibrium. Tensile and very smooth with an underlying sense of strict like its aforementioned neighbors. A rough decant prizes this Pomerol open and reveals its inner core of mineralité. Anyone spending less than 15 minutes tasting this Pomerol is likely to have totally missed it. Saline both on the finish and aftertaste, Marielle Cazaux has crafted one of the most intellectual La Conseillante wines in recent years.
    drinking window 2030 - 2065
    date of review 05/2023
    98-100/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 La Conseillante has a pH of 3.65 and is aging in 70% new oak. The yield was 33 hl/ha. It starts off with an opaque purple color, then POW! It explodes from the glass with a spectacular nose of rose oil, star anise, garrigue, and candied violets, giving way to a powerful core of blueberry preserves, juicy black plums, and Morello cherries, plus a waft of Sichuan pepper. The medium to full-bodied palate is bright, vibrant, and impactful, delivering layer upon layer of intense flavors with a super-plush texture and fantastic tension, finishing epically long and wonderfully perfumed. A masterpiece—brava, Marielle!
    drinking window 2032 - 2069
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pomerol
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet Franc
    abv:
    14.5%

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