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Reviews

94 -James Suckling -

90 -Wine Spectator -

90 -Falstaff -

Technical Details

  • Blend 82% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc
  • Winemaker Jean-Michel Laporte and Michel Rolland
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Sub Region Right Bank
  • Appellation Pomerol
  • Vineyard Château La Conseillante
  • Farming Method High Environmental Value (HEV / HVE) Level 3 and ISO 14001 International Standard certifications
  • Oak 75% new French oak barrels, and 25% one year old French oak barrels
  • Fermentation Fermented in 22 epoxy coated concrete tanks, fully temperature controlled
  • Aging / Cooperage Aged in 75% new French oak barrels, and 25% one year old French oak barrels for 18 months
  • Alcohol 13%
  • Production 3,000 cases

Château La Conseillante Pomerol 2013

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

JS94, WS90, FS90

High Environmental Value (HEV / HVE) Level 3 and ISO 14001 International Standard certifications

$190.00

$149.95

750ML

21% OFF RETAIL!

The 2013 vintage was difficult across Bordeaux, one of the more challenging growing seasons of the past two decades, and yet La Conseillante produced a wine that has surprised observers consistently since release. The Nicolas family’s fastidious selection, estimated at only a fraction of the harvest making it into the Grand Vin, gave the wine far more concentration and elegance than the year’s reputation would suggest. James Suckling awarded 94, Wine Spectator 90, and Farr Vintners 90. Tasted over a decade from harvest, the wine has shown the classic La Conseillante signature of floral notes, smooth silky texture, and an aromatic elegance that makes this estate impossible to confuse with any other Pomerol. For those who want to explore what this great estate can achieve even in a year working against the odds, the 2013 is a fascinating and genuine bottle at a price that reflects the modest vintage reputation rather than the quality in the glass. Very limited.

About The Producer

One of Pomerol’s oldest estates and among its most elegant, La Conseillante takes its name from Catherine Conseillan, a formidable Libourne iron merchant who assembled and enlarged the property in the mid-18th century, choosing only the finest parcels on the Catusseau plateau. By 1756 the estate was already producing and marketing wine, making it one of Pomerol’s very earliest established properties. The Nicolas family purchased the estate in 1871 and have remained its stewards across five successive generations, an uncommon consistency in an appellation where small holdings and inheritance have often produced fragmentation. The 12-hectare vineyard, planted to 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc across 16 distinct parcels of grey clay and sandy gravel over iron-rich crasse de fer subsoil, occupies a site flanked by Pétrus to the east and Cheval Blanc just across the border. Today Jean-Valmy Nicolas and Bertrand Nicolas lead the family’s direction, with Marielle Cazaux serving as managing director and winemaker since 2015, having previously built her expertise at Château Petit-Village. Michel Rolland joined as consultant in 2013. The wines, aged approximately 18 months in a combination of new barrels, once-filled barrels, and a small portion of amphora, are celebrated above all for two things that no technical specification can fully explain: an almost supernatural violet perfume and a silky, caressing texture that places La Conseillante firmly in Pomerol’s elite tier.

$190.00

$149.95

750ML