Frankrike

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Cabernet Franc

Malbec

Ch. La Conseillante

Chateau La Conseillante Pomerol

Bordeaux

Pomerol

Once again you see the subtle floral character of Pomerol in this vintage, and here is a classically balanced La Conseillante. Need to give it a bit of time in the glass to get the creamy mid-palate, but the structure is not closing in on itself as the bigger vintages do at this stage, so you see the silky tannins and fresh acidities. Draws out through the palate, clear salinity on the finish that maintains grip and lift, gentle spice on the finish, white pepper and clove, a very pretty wine, should be ready to drink in three or four years and for 15 years to come. Director Marielle Cazeaux. Michel Rolland consultant. Harvest September 28 to October 12, 39hl/h yield, 70% new oak with 3% amphora and 3.5% press wine. Simple 150th anniversary engraving on the bottle, but the label the same as ever.

Inside Bordeaux

2021 is the 150th anniversary of La Conseillante. This vintage was harvested between the 28th of September and the 12th of October and is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. It has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and it leaps from the glass with notes of wild blueberries, raspberry coulis, and kirsch, leading to nuances of red roses, clove oil, underbrush, and charcoal, plus a touch of wild thyme. The light to medium-bodied palate is satiny, smooth and refreshing, delivering vivacious red and blue fruit layers, with a long finish and suggestions of fragrant earth.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Duft av sorte rips, sorte kirsebær, lyse plommer og bjørnebær. Hint av jordlig, hvit stein. 

Duften følger opp på smak. 
Myk og balansert rød frukt, med integrert konsentrasjon. Kjølige tanniner. 

Smakt hos Chateau La Conseillante.

Expert

Deep garnet-purple colored. Slowly unfurls to reveal wonderfully pure notes of wild blueberries and black raspberries, giving way to hints of camphor, violets, pencil lead, and black olives. The medium-bodied palate delivers a solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and lively acidity to frame the crunchy black fruit flavors, finishing long and mineral-laced.

A punch of floral aromatics sets the scene for this gorgeous wine, and this is a brillant La Conseillante with textured powerful depths to the blueberry and blackberry fruit, laced with cocoa bean and espresso, and a fame of juicy tannins on the giving structure and lift. Easily among the most successful wines of Pomerol in the vintage. Started picking September 7 and finished October 2. 3.6ph. 3% of amphora, 43hl/h yield. 70% aged in new oak. Marielle Cazeaux director.

A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 La Conseillante has a pH of 3.65 and is aging in 70% new oak. The yield was 33 hl/ha. It starts off with an opaque purple color, then POW! It explodes from the glass with a spectacular nose of rose oil, star anise, garrigue, and candied violets, giving way to a powerful core of blueberry preserves, juicy black plums, and Morello cherries, plus a waft of Sichuan pepper. The medium to full-bodied palate is bright, vibrant, and impactful, delivering layer upon layer of intense flavors with a super-plush texture and fantastic tension, finishing epically long and wonderfully perfumed. A masterpiece—brava, Marielle!

Fresh and aromatic nose with refiend spiciness, violet, wild berries, tobacco and fine oak. Great density but more emphasis on freshness than opulence, elegant dark berry flavours with silky and fine tannin, nuanced with a very long and elegant finish.

Sommelier

Made from 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 La Conseillante is deep garnet-purple in color. It hits the ground running with notes of violets, chocolate-covered cherries, and wild blueberries, leading to hints of crushed rocks, pencil shavings, and dried roses. The full-bodied palate is elegantly crafted, multilayered, and refreshing, featuring bright, energetic fruit and a long minerally finish.

La Conseillante 2018 is deep garnet purple in color. It offers scents of baked black cherries, chocolate box, and warm blueberries, with hints of black raspberries, menthol, and cinnamon stick. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and grainy, with a lively backbone and vibrant, pure fruit, finishing with skip in its step. 

Softly nuanced aromatics with gorgeous floral notes and fine aromatics. This is less structured and with a cooler vintage character than the vintages of either side of the 2017 but there is so much pleasure to be had here, finesse, personality, salinity, but there is also concentration here as it opens; Lovely wine easily one of the highlights of 2017 vintage. 70% new oak, 30% one year barrels. Harvest September 5 to 29. A year where much of Bordeaux was impacted by frost, but here at La Conseillante they lost just one small plot at the bottom of the vineyard, leaving yields of 34hl/ha.

Perfumed and seductive nose of ripe red fruit with floral hints, fine spices, discreet oak and tobacco with a dense and powerful yet silky and supple palate with layers of crushed raspberry, blackberry, dry spices and a long vigorous finish, glossy, polish and plenty of persistence.

Powerfully ripe and rich berry fruits, loganberry and blueberry with crème caramel and burnished oak smoke. Unquestionably great quality, marked by the solar exuberance of the vintage. 75% new oak, 3.65ph. First year with Marielle Cazeaux as director and winemaker. 39.5hl/h yield.

Bordeaux smaking.
Overraskende moden for alderen. Moden frukt og forsiktige tanniner. Savnet litt kompleksitet og lengde. 

Amatør

Fresh aromas of wild berries and a mineral notion on the nose. Ample palate with a finely grained texture, balanced and fresh with layers of elegant fruit and a long, fresh aftertaste.

This is closed up and subdued, majoring on cloves, white pepper spice, raspberry leaf and blackberry. Not as luscious as you find La Conseillante in more recent vintages, there is an enjoyable slate grip to the tannins and smoked sandalwood adding sense of delicacy and appeal, but it is not for long ageing. I would recommend drinking now and over the next decade. 70% new oak.

Striking and deft placing of fruits and fresh acidities, with this vintage you see why La Conseillante at the time had the reputation for beng the great elegant face of Pomerol. At 10 years old it feels balanced and effortless, with gentle white pepper spice and fine tannins that are firm but juicy and with plenty of charcater. Early harvest from September 8 to 22. 65% new oak, 35% one year old barrels. 42hl/h yield.

This is excellent quality, rich deep plum flavours, spicy, intense, full of character, incense, grilled plum and rosemary, highly charged yet with supple tannins and an edge of sweet red liquorice and creamy caramel. Tasted ex-retail not ex-château.

Creamy, deep, textured and nuanced, and after 12 years the terroir is stepping up and taking control. Soft leather notes, tobacco, soot, crème caramel, raspberry and soft strawberry puree. This is pretty much ready to drink, opulent and impressive but a little more evolved than other 2009 Pomerols that I have tasted recently. It may be bottle variation,but I would definitely suggest enjoying the exuberance of this in the next 5 to 10 years and leave the 2010 for the real time in the cellar. 100% new oak. Harvest September 14 to 38.

This remains fairly knitted down and needs a good 30 minutes in the glass to open. Toasted oak notes, liqourice root, powerful fennel and aniseed, cassis and bilberry, black pepper spice, some fresh acidities even at 13 years old. This was a complicated summer season in Pomerol followed by a beatuful harvest and there is real charm and balance in this wine. 80% new oak, 20% one year old barrels, 34hl/h yield, harvest September 26 to October 7.

Firm strict tannins, clear salinity on the finish coupled with dark berry fruits of cassis and bilberry. Tight on the finish, with curls of violet flowers, full of character and finesse. Just 200 bottles and one magnum left at the estate. 80% new oak, 20% one year barrel, 42hl/h yield.

Effortlessly classic, with melted tannins at 16 years old. Soft leather, tobacco and white truffle, brambled raspberry fruits, with soft red cherry and blackberry. Smooth and integrated but still with a mint freshness on the finish. Effortless elegance and balance. Around 500 bottles left at the estate of this. This was Jean-Michel Laporte's second vintage, having arrived in 2004. 100% new oak, 3.82ph.

A finessed and balanced vintage, this is still full of soft brambled fruits and sculpted fine tannins at 20 years old. So much depth and power, this is utterly gorgeous, stretching out into tobacco and cured leather. Bernard Nicolas was the owner and winemaker at the time, with no outside consultant. Harvest September 22 to 30, 43hl/h yields.

En duft av overmodne markjordbær, blåbær,  modne kirsebær, lyse plommer, sursøt lakris type salmiakk, kaffe, kakaopulver, parfyrmerte røde/mørke bær, samt våt jord. 

Smak av lyse blåbær, sursøte kirsebær, mørke og røde plommer, vått treverk, sursøt lakris og kaffe. 

Veldig tett og lukket ved begynnelsen, men med litt jobbing med glasset og karaffelen blir det transformert til en ekstremt ekspressiv, dyp og lagdelt vin. Utrolig godt nå, med enda høyere drikkeglede. 

Hadde vært moro å sett dette om 5-10år.

Ruby red. Exotic nose with spice, blueberries, blackcurrant, cassis, leather and tobacco. Fresh acidity. Juicy and delicate. Lots of red and dark berries. Nice structure with supple integrated tannins. Long.

There are some estates that you just fall in love with. For me there are quite a few and La Conseillante in absolutely one of them. Just a so impressive estate. Elegant, detailed and just awesome wines!

1989 vs 1990
Begge modne og ingen grunn til lenger kjelleropphold. 89 noe slankere og mer presis enn 90. Begge vinene har høy «pleasure» faktor. Meget pen fruktsødme, delikate, trøfler og krydder.

86 er mega-årgang. Nydelig, bred, rød og mørk frukt. Blåbær. Topp balanse. Fortatt mulig å lagre denne litt faktisk. 

Not a renowned vintage generally, but Pomerol was one of the excpeptions, and this is showing beautifully right now, with the strawberry sweetness of a fully mature wine, tipping over towards being past its peak, but still ready to capture waves of tobacco, cranberry, pomegranate, campfire smoke, soft leather, soy, iodine, oyster shell, with a fresh lift on the finish.

2024	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Eksepsjonell
2023	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2022	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2021	kr 2 555,90Tilgjengelig	Eksepsjonell
2020	kr 2 620,00Ikke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær

Kategori	Rødvin
Polnummer
Produsent	Ch. La Conseillante
Årgang	2021
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Pomerol
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

Alkoholnivå	13 %
Syre	%
Sukker	< 3 g/l

Innpakning	Glass
Korktype
Utvalg	Spesialutvalg
Grossist	LaMarc Wines AS
Transportør	Skanlog AS