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Reviews

94 -Vinous -

94 -James Suckling -

93 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

92 -Decanter -

92 -The Wine Independent -

91+ -Jeb Dunnuck -

90 -Falstaff -

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 13.5%
  • Production 1,000 cases

Château Le Bon Pasteur Pomerol 2021

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

VN94, JS94, JL93, DC92, TWI92, JD91+, FS90

High Environmental Value (HVE) Level 3 Certification

$100.00

$59.95

750ML

40% OFF RETAIL!

The Rolland family’s home estate in Pomerol has always produced a wine Robert Parker called a consistently seductive Pomerol, and the 2021 delivers exactly that quality in a leaner vintage. A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, the wine was described by multiple critics as a very well-crafted and precise Pomerol with a toasty, floral nose and a fluid, silky texture. Vinous awarded 94, describing a wine that storms from the glass with bold scents of black plums and licorice, plus notes of cedar and fragrant earth. James Suckling awarded 94, James Lawther 93, Decanter 92, TWI 92, and Jeb Dunnuck 91+. Falstaff described immaculate ripeness in the mouth, with good firm-grained tannins, firm tactile minerality, and juicy resolution. For those who want the classic Bon Pasteur DNA in a more accessible, fresher style, this is the vintage to do it. The price is a smart buy for one of Pomerol’s most beloved addresses.

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.

$100.00

$59.95

750ML