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Reviews

96 -James Suckling -

95 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

Everything that makes Bon Pasteur a great wine is here in spades. The opening floral notes are the perfect setup for the black cherries, cocoa, wet earth and licorice in the perfume. Silky, fresh, vibrant, refined and sensuous, the supple-textured, creamy, soft, polished finish, with endnote of chocolate-coated plums, spice and espresso hit all the right notes. You can drink this young for all of its opulence, or age it for additional complexities. This is one of the finest vintages of Bon Pasteur ever produced. Drink from 2024-2044.

95 -Jeb Dunnuck -

From the talented Michel Rolland, the 2019 Château Le Bon Pasteur shines for its richness as well as its elegance. Ripe black cherries, currants, tobacco leaf, chocolate, and floral notes all define the bouquet, and it has the vintage’s fresher, pure, vibrant style in both its aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has fabulous tannins, a seamless, layered mouthfeel, no hard edges, and a great finish. It's already hard to resist yet has another 20-25 years of prime drinking ahead of it.

93 -The Wine Independent -

93 -Decanter -

Beautifully expressive nose, wild flowers, summer berries and sweet cinnamon. Still seriously tannic at the moment but they are well textured like crushed velvet giving a chalky aspect to the palate. Lively juicy fruit and I like the really delicate perfume on this. It's a rich and bold style, heady, but carefully presented, everything in line, still quite tight at the moment and run by the tannins but there's nuance and a sense of style here. A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc.

93 -Vinous -

92 -Wine Spectator -

92 -Jane Anson -

Technical Details

Blend 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc
Winemaker Michel Rolland
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Right Bank
Appellation Pomerol
Vineyard a blend of 21 Estate plots located on the border between Pomerol and Saint-Emilion
Farming Method High Environmental Value (HVE) Level 3 Certification
Oak 70% new French oak
Fermentation fermented in stainless-steel tanks and new French oak barrels, malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels
Aging / Cooperage aged for 16 months in 70% new French oak
Alcohol 14.5%
Production 2,000 cases

Château Le Bon Pasteur Pomerol 2019

Name: Château Le Bon Pasteur Pomerol 2019
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1015003
Price: 69.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

JS96, JL95, JD95, TWI93, DC93, VN93, WS92, JA92

High Environmental Value (HVE) Level 3 Certification

$100.00

$69.95

750ML

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Château Le Bon Pasteur was Robert Parker’s personal favorite Pomerol for years, the wine he described as “one of the finest Pomerols” with a character he called “irrespective of vintage conditions, always seductive.” The estate was made famous by owners Dany and Michel Rolland, two of the most celebrated oenologists in Bordeaux, whose consulting work reached over 100 wineries worldwide even as they produced this small-production gem from their family’s home estate. The 2019 is widely regarded as the finest Le Bon Pasteur ever produced. James Suckling awarded 96, describing a perfumed nose of dark cherries, plums, mocha, tea leaves, cedar, hazelnuts, and cigar box, full-bodied with creamy and supple tannins and long, refined finish. Jeb Dunnuck awarded 95, calling it a wine that shines for its richness as well as its elegance, with ripe black cherries, currants, tobacco leaf, chocolate, and floral notes, landing at No. 55 in his Top 100. James Lawther 95, Jeb Dunnuck 95, TWI 93, Decanter 91, Vinous 93, Wine Spectator 92, and James Anson 92. Very limited, and the price here is exceptional for a wine of this historical standing. Don’t hesitate.

About The Producer

Le Bon Pasteur has one of the more personal origin stories in Pomerol. Joseph and Hermine Dupuy established the estate around 1920, inspired by their years as sharecroppers for neighboring Château Gazin, and named it after the Sunday of the Good Shepherd in the Catholic calendar, the first Sunday after Easter. The estate passed to their daughter Geneviève and her husband Serge Rolland, who grew it to its current size by 1955, and it was their son Michel who transformed it from a respected family property into something considerably more celebrated. Michel Rolland took over in 1978 alongside his wife Dany, and what followed was both a quality renaissance at Le Bon Pasteur and the launch of one of the most influential consulting careers in the history of Bordeaux. Rolland introduced green harvesting, leaf removal, phenolic ripeness monitoring, and meticulous parcel-by-parcel vinification to an estate that became his laboratory as much as his home. In 2013, the property was sold to the Goldin Group, headed by collector Sutong Pan, with Michel Rolland remaining as consultant and the day-to-day winemaking team intact under cellar master Benoît Prévot. The 6.6-hectare vineyard, planted to 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc across 21 parcels straddling the Pomerol and Saint-Émilion border, continues to produce the lush, richly textured wines that made the address famous.

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