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Château La Conseillante er indbegrebet af finesse og klassisk Pomerol-elegance. Beliggende mellem Château L’Évangile og Cheval Blanc – med én fod i Pomerol og én i Saint-Émilion – har La Conseillante en af de mest privilegerede placeringer i Bordeaux.
Ejendommen blev grundlagt i midten af 1700-tallet og har siden 1871 været ejet og drevet af familiens Nicolas – hvilket gør La Conseillante til en af de sjældne Bordeaux-ejendomme med uafbrudt familieejerskab gennem over 150 år. Under ledelse af Jean-Valmy Nicolas og teknisk direktør Marielle Cazaux har slottet i de seneste år gennemgået en modernisering, som har løftet kvaliteten til nye højder.
Vinmarkerne strækker sig over 12 hektar og er primært beplantet med Merlot (ca. 80%) og Cabernet Franc (ca. 20%), fordelt på lerholdige og grusede jorde, hvilket giver vinene både dybde og friskhed. I kælderen arbejdes med stor præcision, inklusive parcelvinifikation, gravitationssystem og en kombination af ståltanke, beton og foudres.
Stilen er kendetegnet ved blomstrende aromatik, fløjlsblød struktur og en nærmest burgundisk elegance – med noter af viol, kirsebær, trøffel og kakao. La Conseillante er en vin, der både appellerer i sin ungdom og har bemærkelsesværdigt lagringspotentiale.
Ejendommens karakteristiske lilla etiket og kapsel blev indført i 1871 og afspejler vinens raffinerede personlighed og traditionsrige identitet.
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BEPLANTNING
Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%
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AREAL
12 hektar
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SLOTTETS ANDEN VIN
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EJER
Nicolas B
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The transparency and vibrancy here is impressive. From the very start it’s so aromatic, showing crushed-berry, dark-chocolate, coffee and cedar character. Full-bodied, yet tight and wonderfully tailored, with tannins that are fine-textured, but intense and so long, giving this wine great length. A joy to taste, but needs many years to soften and come together. Wonderful development here. Try after 2028.
An utterly brilliant Pomerol and the finest wine from this estate to date, surpassing even the 2016, the 2019 Château La Conseillante checks in as 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc and was raised in 70% new French oak. A wine of incredible finesse, purity, and precision, its deep purple hue is following by an incredible array of blueberries, crème de cassis, spring flowers, damp earth, and violets. Flawlessly balanced, full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has a beautiful mid-palate, ultra-fine, utterly seamless tannins, and a heavenly finish. It doesn't have the sheer density or outright power of some of the other top Pomerols, but as I wrote in the barrel sample review, no one marries elegance with opulence as well as Conseillante. This magical Pomerol will take a decade to hit full maturity and will evolve for 30 years or more. This is haute couture at its absolute pinnacle, and as I wrote in the barrel review, hats off to Marielle Cazaux for producing one of the top wines of the vintage.
The 2019 La Conseillante is performing brilliantly and rivals the 2016 as Marielle Cazaux's finest vintage at this leading Pomerol estate to date. Wafting from the glass with striking aromas of raspberries, plums, violets, raw cocoa, sweet soil tones and licorice, framed by a deftly integrated touch of classy new oak, it's full-bodied, ample and enveloping, its broad attack segueing into a seamless, layered mid-palate that's vibrant and concentrated, framed by powdery tannins and lively acids, before concluding with a long, saline finish.