27 Pomerol's tasted

Realizing a few years ago that I had been a bit of a Miles from Sideways and a "-I'm not drinking any fucking Merlot!" kind of guy myself, a 1998 Right Bank vertical tasting in Denmark changed my view completely. It wasn't that I hadn't tasted any great Pomerols or Saint-Emilions, it was rather that I hadn't tasted enough. I live in Norway where the Monopoly is biassed towards, and rather more fond of the Left Bank and accordingly not that much have been available in my local market. This is getting incresingly better, but this is another reason for lack of tasting experience with especially Pomerol's. Then another tasting of old vintages of Right Bank was held in Trondheim (Norway) by eminent wine collector Lars Wichstrøm and that was truly mindblowing with Ausone 1928 as an example, served blind! Later there have been increasingly more tastings, and more visits to estates in Pomerol. It's a very exciting and different part of Bordeaux to explore.

2009 Clos Rene:
Ruby. Fruity, scented and blueberries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, a bit rough now, slight phenolic unripeness touch behind, good length. 89

2010 Domaine du Rampart:
Ruby. Scented, floral and fruity nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, quite elegant, good length. 88

2010 Château La Pointe:
Ruby. Scented, fruity and dark berries nose. fresh acidity, ripe tannins, again fruity palate, quite elegant, tannic backbone. 89

2010 Château Pierhem:
Ruby. Scented, floral and fruity nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, quite refreshing palate, fruity and good length. 89

2009 Château Moulinet:
Deep ruby. Scented, ripe and extracted feel. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, rounded and ripe, tannic finish. 87

2009 Château Montviel:
Ruby. Scented, ripe and fruity, liquorice. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, a bit tight, good length. 87

2010 Château Mazeyres: 
Ruby. Scented, fruity and dark berries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and quite elegant body, long finish. 90

2010 Château Lécyer:
Ruby. Scented, fruity and extracted touch, ripe. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and fresher palate than nose, more elegant, good length. 87

2010 Château Lafleur du Roy:
Ruby. Prunes, plums, fruity and minty. Mature for esuch a young age. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, again a very mature feel. Drink soon. 86

2011 Château Grand Moulinet:
Ruby. Blue- and blackberries, scented and nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, lively and refreshing. Good length. 88

2005 Château Guillot Clauzel:
Ruby. Intense, fruity and deep nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and lively palate and texture, good length. 87

2010 Château Gouprie:
Ruby. Fruity, scented and blueberries nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, a bit easy, good length. 86

2010 Château L'Excellence du Château Gouprie:
Ruby. Scented, blueberries and a more intense nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, lively and quite refreshing, long. 88+

2006 Château Gombaude-Guillot:
Ruby. Fruity, nunaced and elegant nose, pure blueberries. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, lively, elegant and long. 91+

2010 Château La Ganne:
Ruby. Scented, floral and liquorice nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, elegant and good length. 86

2010 Château Feytit-Guillot:
Deep ruby. Rich, extracted and fruity nose. Freshish acidity, ripe tannins, intense, lacks finesse. 85

2010 Château Feytit-Clinet:
Deep ruby. Scented, liquorice and fruity nose, blueberries fruit. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, ripe and fruity, but less so than last bottle about six months back. Good length. 87

2010 Château Fayat:
Ruby. Ripe, rich and fruity nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, rich and good length. 85

2007 Château Enclos Haut Mazeyres:
Ruby. Oak, oak and oak. Might be some fruit behind there somewhere. ??

2009 Château Le Chemin:
Ruby. Fresh, elegant and nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and livelypalate, good length. 89

2009 Château Bonalgue:
Ruby. Scented, fruity and elegant nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, elegant and quite lively, long finish. 91

2007 Clos L'Eglise:
Ruby. Scented, blueberries, fruity and nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and quite elegant, fairly nuanced, long. 90

2009 Château Beauregard:
Ruby. Scented, fruity, elegant and quite layered nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant texture, quite lively, long. 93

2010 Clos du Clocher:
Ruby. Scented, fruity and layered nose, elegant and quite seductive. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, lively, elegant and refreshing, long. 93+

2006 Château Gazin:
Ruby. Fruity, scented and layered nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, lively and elegant palate, long. Needs a few more years for me to round off a bit more. 93

2009 Château Certan de May:
Ruby. Elegant, fruity, nuanced and layered nose, floral and scented. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant if a bit ripe palate, refined and long. 95

2009 Château La Conseillante:
Ruby. Fresh, nuanced, elegant, complex and layered nose. Refined and seductive. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, elegant, fruity, lively, long and again nuanced. Complex and layered, very long. 96