2021 Pomerol wines are the result of a challenging growing season that was miraculously saved by the combination of Indian Summer conditions and a lot of hard work by vignerons.
2021 Pomerol, the vintage, growing season and harvest.
The growing season started off fine with mild, winter conditions that jump-started an early budbreak at the end of March. While many precocious vintages produce great wine, what happened with 2021 Pomerol is, that the dangers of spring frosts became all too real when two nights of below-freezing temperatures struck the appellation, April 7 and 8, with temperatures that dropped to -4 Celsius!
Flowering took place at the end of May. But June, July, and much of August were cool, rainy, and sunless. By this time, growers were thinking that 2021 Pomerol did not have much of a future. For a more detailed report on the weather that shaped the vintage: 2021 Bordeaux Growing Season and Harvest Report
Things turned around at the end of August with warm, sunny, and breezy conditions that continued through the harvest. Most growers picked from late September through early to mid-October in favorable weather, allowing the grapes to reach better than anticipated maturities.
2021 Pomerol Wine Characteristics
2021 Pomerol wines are a return to classic Bordeaux. The wines are more on the red-fruit side of the style range with strong aromatic profiles. The wines are not as concentrated or dense, or as sweet as the three preceding vintages. They are also not as alcoholic as alcohol levels are often 1% – 2% less than we have seen in recent vintages.
2021 Pomerol wines are silky, bright, fresh, and vibrant with a mildly racy edge and a strong sense of purity to the berries. The best wines come from the top of the plateau, with soils able to handle the excess rains accumulated during the growing season. Also, wines with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon in the blends produced the best results.
With 2021 Pomerol, the picking dates were important, as growers needed to wait for the right levels of maturity. However, equally important was how to handle the vinifications and selection. Selection was paramount, in the vineyards and in the cellars. A light, gentle touch during the extractions really mattered here. It was exigent to avoid temptations to over-extract with 2021 Pomerol. For an overview of the entire Bordeaux region in 2021, please read 2021 Bordeaux Complete Guide to the Vintage
The following 2021 Pomerol wines were all tased in non-blind conditions in mid-April in Bordeaux.
2021 Beauregard – Licorice, flowers, spice, and plums already show in the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, soft, forward, fresh, and already charming, with its core of chocolate-covered black raspberries and spice. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc, 13% ABV. Drink from 2023-2039. 90-92 Pts
2021 Bel-Air-Pomerol – Medium-bodied, bright and vibrant, with a savory, chewy edge to the cocoa and espresso tinted. red fruits on the palate. Drink from 2023-2035. 87-89 Pts
2021 Bon Pasteur – Black cherries, incense, espresso, flowers, and red fruits show with ease in the nose and in the round, soft, medium-bodied, elegant, plummy palate. The wine will take a year or two for the oak to fully integrate. Drink from 2024-2040. 91-93 Pts
2021 Bonalgue – Wet earth, coffee, licorice, cocoa, and red plums show well in the medium-bodied, round, vibrant, bright, earthy, red cherry finish. It is possible here that with aging, the wine could add more roundness and weight before bottling. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2023-2035. 88-90 Pts
2021 Bourgneuf – Black raspberries, espresso, dark cocoa, flowers, and cherries come through on the nose and palate. The wine finishes with soft, silky, sweet, creamy, fresh red fruits. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2023-2040. 90-92 Pts
2021 Certan de May – Red plums, flowers, truffle, earth, and a bit of chocolate show on the front end of the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, silky, supple, fresh, and with layers of bright, sweet, plums and just a touch of coca in the backend. The wine blends 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2024-2042. 91-93 Pts
2021 Clinet – Deeply colored, on the nose you initially find chocolate, flowers, mint, black plums, licorice, espresso, black raspberries, nutmeg, and black cherries. Medium-bodied, soft, polished, fresh, and silky, with a vibrancy to the ripe, deep, dark red fruits on the mid-palate. There are ample ripe, plums, blueberries, and cherries in the refined, chalky finish along with length and vibrancy. The wine is a blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% AVB. The harvest took place September 27 – October 12. Drink from 2025-2044. 93-95 Pts
2021 Clos LEglise – Deeply colored, the wine is plush, soft, round, and rich, with a silky, plummy, chocolate, and wet earth character. The wine is richly-textured, elegant, deep, and fresh, with a black cherry, licorice, cocoa infused finish that feels just great on your palate. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. The harvest took place September 27 – September 30. Drink from 2024-2045. 93-95 Pts
2021 Clos Rene – The property lost 30% of its crop due to frost damage. The wine they were able to produce is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and forward, with a lean to the spicy, red plum, and earthy side of the style range. This is a fine, well-priced, early-drinking charmer. Drink from 2023-2035. 89-91 Pts
2021 Clos du Clocher – Dark cherries, wet earth, licorice, flowers, leafy herbs, and savory plums are all over the place here, in the nose and on the crisp, savory, creamy palate. The addition of more Cabernet Franc in the blend this year added a lot to the wine. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2038. 91-93 Pts
2021 Clos-de-la-Vieille-Eglise Pomerol – Medium-bodied, bright, floral, and plummy, here the wine is a bit over-extracted for the vintage that creating some chalky dryness in the red fruits on the palate. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2023-2034. 87-89 Pts
2021 Le-Clos-du-Beau-Pere – Medium-bodied, forward, soft and fruity, with a core of red cherries, strawberry, and easy-going tannins. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. And if you’re looking for something a bit extra from Jean-Luc Thunevin and Le Clos du Beau Pere, 2021 is the first vintage they produced a white Bordeaux wine, making this the first white Pomerol in more than 150 years! Drink from 2023-2031. 88-90 Pts
2021 Le-Clos-du-Beau-Pere Blanc – The first white wine from Pomerol in over 100 years could only come from Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Produced from blending 50% Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Sauvignon Gris, the wine pops with white peach, mango, candied lemon peel, herbs, and green apple. Sweet, creamy, and fresh, drink this on the young side. Good luck finding any as the production is limited to 2,500 bottles. Drink from 2023-2028. 89-89 Pts
2021 Domaine-de-LEglise – Plums, cocoa, black cherry, chocolate, flowers, and wet earth notes crowd into the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, vibrant, silky, and fresh, the supple-textured, refined finish leaves you with chocolate-coated plums and a touch of espresso bean on the backend. Drink from 2023-2038. 92-94 Pts
2021 LEgliseClinet – Deep ruby in color, roses, truffles, chocolate, clay, and a touch of mint is easy to find in the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, bright, elevated, crisp and with a chalky edge to the finish, you also find fresh, sweet plums, cocoa-dusted cherries, and a bit of chocolate-covered orange rind in the endnote. From a blend of 85% % Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, 14% ABV, the harvest took place September 27-September 29. It is great to see continuing strong wines from the Durantou family. Drink from 2025-2050. 94-96 Pts
2021 LEglise Clinet La Petite Eglise – Dark chocolate-coated black cherries and plums with a savory edge on the nose and palate. There is lift and freshness to the red fruits, along with accents of wet earth, plums, and truffle. Enjoy this while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2023-2038. 90-92 Pts
2021 Enclos Tourmaline – Flowers, black raspberries, plums, and hints of truffle and cocoa are easy to find in the nose. On the palate, the wine is silky, polished, and fresh with a cherry-filled, cocoa-dusted, mid-palate, and refined, delicate finish. The production is quite small with about 175 cases produced this year. The wine is made from 100% Merlot, 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2023-2042. 92-94 Pts
2021 Fayat – Medium-bodied, lighter-styled, fresh, cherry and plum-filled, creamy wine with floral accents that can be enjoyed on release. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc, 13% ABV. Drink from 2023-2033. 87-89 Pts
2021 Feytit-Clinet – Dark chocolate-covered plums and black cherries with roasted espresso bean overtones are all over here on the nose and on the palate. The wine finishes plummy with earthy nuances in the endnote. This is still the best deal in Pomerol. Drink from 2023-2035. 91-93 Pts
2021 Gazin – Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine opens with notes of flowers, mocha, black cherry, and wet earth. Round, fleshy and fresh, there is lift and brightness to all the sweet, dark cherries and plums in the earthy, sweet, lifted finish. Yields were quite low this year at only 18 hectoliters per hectare, which is less than half the normal production. Drink from 2025-2042. 91-93 Pts
2021 Guillot Clauzel – Guillaume Thienpont of VCC is in charge here. With a floral-edged perfume, you also find black raspberries and cherries in the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, sweet, lifted, and elegant, the wine is finesse in style, with hints of chocolate and thyme to accompany the red fruits in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2024-2038. 92-94 Pts
2021 Hosanna – Spices, truffle, espresso, chocolate and red pit fruits with a strong note of flowers and a hint of licorice create the nose. On the palate, the wine is silky, energetic, fresh, supple, polished, and vibrant, with layers of dark chocolate, cherries, black plums, coffee bean, and blackberries. Yields were low this year at only 28 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest took place September 24 – October 6. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2045. 93-95 Pts
2021 LEvangile – Rich in color, with little effort you find chocolate, black plums, truffle, coffee bean, mint, and flowers in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, vibrant, and loaded with chewy red fruits, chalky tannins, freshness, spice, and leafy herbs that add to the sweetness in the red pit fruits. The wine blends 69% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% ABV. The harvest took place September 21 – October 4. The wine is aging in a combination of 50% new, French oak, 15% amphora, and used oak barrels. The Grand Vin was made from 55% of the harvest. Drink from 2025-2048. 93-95 Pts
2021 LEvangile Blason de L’Evangile – Spicy, leafy, accents add to the bright red fruits on the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, crisp, strawberry, cherry, and red plums with a savory touch and just a hint of chocolate finish off the wine. You can enjoy this on release and over the near term while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2023-2031. 88-90 Pts
2021 La Cabanne – Floral in nature, with red plums and sweet, red cherries that offer soft textures, silky tannins, sweetness, and an earthy, creamy, medium-bodied finish with a dusty note that comes in on the end. Drink from 2023-2037. 89-91 Pts
2021 La Clemence – Coffee beans, wet earth, licorice, incense, and cherries form the core of the round, forward, fruity, polished wine. The finish shows a strong oak influence. Drink from 2023-2029. 87-89 Pts
2021 La Conseillante – Violets, incense, black raspberry, dark kirsch, plums, espresso, and earthy overtones crowd into the finish. Deeply colored, on the palate, the wine is exactly as it should be, elegant, refined, lifted, vivacious, and energetic, with a savory edge to the earthy red fruits and a hint of oak that should become completely integrated within a few years time. Perhaps this is a modern-day version of the 1985, which if you have not tasted it lately, has aged extremely well. The harvest took place September 28, October 10, making this the latest vintage in the history of the estate. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc, 13.3% ABV, 3.6 pH. The yields were 39 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2025-2050. 94-96 Pts
2021 La Creation – Plummy, sweet, vibrant, and with ample licorice, espresso, and cherries, the medium-bodied, forward, round, fruity, polished wine leaves you with plenty of chocolate-tinted dark cherries in the finish. Drink from 2023-2032. 89-91 Pts
2021 La Croix St. Georges – Soft, supple, elegant, refined, fresh, and vibrant, with loads of sweet, ripe, red fruits, licorice, minerality, flowers, and plums. Medium-bodied, supple and forward, with a nice sweetness to the red fruits in the elegant, plummy finish. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2038. 90-92 Pts
2021 La Croix de Gay – Flowers, powdered cocoa, and cherries are clean, sweet, and fresh on the nose, mid-palate, and in the medium-bodied, strawberry, and red plum, savory finish. Drink from 2023-2035. 88-90 Pts
2021 La Fleur de Gay – Flowers, chocolate, licorice, coffee bean, and black cherries on the nose open to a soft, sweet, round, supple, textured, fleshy, plummy palate and finish with a nice touch of chocolate in the endnote. Drink from 2024-2040. 91-93 Pts
2021 La Grave Pomerol – Soft, supple, forward, medium-bodied, sweet, crisp, and fresh, the wine is loaded with ripe plums, cherries, and black raspberries with a nice touch of freshness in the finish. Drink from 2023-2036. 91-93 Pts
2021 La Patache – Earthy plums and cherries with a touch of truffle on the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh, soft, and fruity, with cocoa and cherries in the medium-bodied finish. You can enjoy this on release and over the near future. Drink from 2023-2030. 87-90 Pts
2021 La Pointe – Medium-bodied, fresh, bright and focused on its floral and red fruit character, the wine is soft, vibrant, and fresh, leaving you with loads of sweet, fresh, ripe red berries with a touch of cocoa and earth in the finish. The wine is a blend of 82% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2023-2037. 90-92 Pts
2021 La Renaissance – The singed, round red fruits, espresso, and plums are fine, but the oak dominates the character of the wine. Drink from 2023-2028. 85-87 Pts
2021 La Rose Figeac – Medium-bodied, soft, fresh and sweet, but a bit light on the red-berry-filled mid-palate. The fruit is clean, pure, and elegant. Drink from 2023-2031. 87-89 Pts
2021 La Violette – Espresso beans, roasted plums, incense, spice, black cherries, flowers, and wet earth fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is plush and polished, soft, silky, and fresh with concentrated layers of espresso tinted, spicy cherries, plums, cocoa, and blackberries as well as a touch of chalk in the endnote. 13.4% ABV, the harvest took place September 29-October 4. The yields were low at 20 hectoliters hectare, about half of the normal production, so this is going to be very hard, if not impossible to find after release. Drink from 2025-2045. 93-95 Pts
2021 La-FleurPetrus – Deep garnet in color, the wine opens with flowers, chocolate, truffles, licorice, espresso, dark plums, and red pit fruits. Plush, soft, and polished on the palate, with supple-textured, silky fruits in the elegant and almost flamboyant, sensuous finish. This is really quite strong, especially when you consider the difficulties in the vintage. The wine blends 95% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 23 – October 6. Drink from 2025-2049. 93-95 Pts
2021 Lafleur – Spearmint, tobacco leaf, flowers, cherries, wet earth, smoke, truffle, and leafy herbs shine in the nose. This is an elegant, refined, pensive, vivacious, reserved Lafleur that remains focused on its purity of the fruit and silkiness in the tannins. Balanced, harmonious, vibrant, long, and seductive, the wine offers a purity to its concentrated, red fruits that are made even better with its refreshing touch of mint and earthy nuances that come in nicely in the lengthy finish. Clearly, this is the Pomerol of the vintage as well as a leading contender for the wine of the year! Produced from a blend of 52% Cabernet Franc and 48% Merlot, 13.5% ABV, harvesting took place September 17-24 for the Merlot and October 2 for the Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2060. 96-98 Pts
2021 Lafleur Les Pensees – Chocolate-covered black raspberries, flowers, kirsch, and red plums appear in the aromatics. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is fresh, bright, sweet, and juicy with a core of elegant, silky, soft, ripe, dark red berries. It is the elegance and purity of the fruits on the palate and in the finish that stands out here. The wine blends 59% Merlot with 41% Cabernet Franc. The harvest took place September 28 – October 2. Drink from 2023-2036. 91-93 Pts
2021 Lafleur-Gazin – Flowers, orange rind, truffle, and savory herbs, the wine is medium-bodied, classic, chalky, and earthy in the red pit fruit-packed finish. Drink from 2023-2038. The wine is 100% Merlot. 90-92 Pts
2021 LafleurSaint-Jean – Garnet in color, the nose expresses truffle, underbrush, meaty black cherries, and plums. Medium-bodied, soft, silky, earthy, spicy, and fresh, with a vibrant, crisp core of red fruits that come to the surface with ease. This is my first time tasting this wine. Though I have seen the vineyard for years as it is located directly across the street from Petrus. It is also surrounded by La Fleur Petrus and Lafleur, I am looking forward to tasting it from other vintages, as I like the texture, and aromatics, but 2021 could use a bit more ripeness and depth. Drink from 2023-2038. Pts
2021 Lagrange-Pomerol – Medium-bodied, fresh, and crisp, the red fruits are high-pitched with a soft, round, already easy-to-taste palate, with a touch of dusty cocoa blended with bright plums on the backend. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2023-2032. 89-91
2021 LatourPomerol – Flowers, dark cherries, cocoa, and ripe, sweet black and red plums create the nose. On the palate, the wine is silky, fresh, soft, and energetic, with layers of supple-textured, vibrant red fruits along with earthy nuances on the backend. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2024-2041. 91-93 Pts
2021 Le Gay – Licorice, espresso, spice, vanilla, plums, and red pit fruits crowd into the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium/full-bodied, round, lifted, sweet and polished with ample dark red, ripe, sweet, vibrant fruits in the finish. Drink from 2024-2045. 92-94 Pts
2021 Le Gay Manoir de Gay – Earthy, plummy red fruits with bright, red, zesty berries on the nose and on the medium-bodied, fresh palate. This will be best in its youth. Drink from 2023-2028. 87-89 Pts
2021 Le Moulin – Dark in color, the wine shows off its espresso, flower, plum, licorice, coffee, and chocolate cherry-packed nose with little effort. Round, creamy, forward, and fruity, this will be perfect to enjoy on release. Drink from 2023-2036. 88-90 Pts
2021 Le Pin – Cinnamon, flowers, licorice, roses, plums, and cherries with espresso, black raspberries, and fresh, leafy herbs create the array of notes in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, bright, soft, polished, elegant, and refined. The tannins are silky, and the fruits are pure and vibrant, with a crisp, almost crunchy quality to the sweet cherries, cocoa, and orange rind in the finish. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot, 13.4% ABV. The harvest took place September 25 – October 4. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2025 – 2045. 94-96 Pts
2021 Lecuyer – Cocoa and plums on the nose continue onto the palate in this forward, medium-bodied, soft, polished wine. It will be quite charming to drink on the young side. Drink from 2023-2033. 88-90 Pts
2021 Maillet – Black plums, black cherries, black licorice, dark chocolate, and equally dark espresso beans are in full force in the nose and on the round, lusciously-textured, deep palate. The finish is soft, round, and plush. Drink from 2024-2040. 91-93 Pts
2021 Montviel – Fresh, forward, floral and vibrant, with bright red plums and cherries, freshness, lift, and a touch of spicy chocolate to round things out in the finish of this medium-bodied wine. Drink from 2023-2032. 89-91 Pts
2021 Moulinet Lasserre, – Savory plums, herbs, cocoa, and cherries are focused on the perfume, Medium-bodied, soft, forward, round and supple, there is a bright red cherry and orange rind note in the finish. Drink from 2023-2032. 89-91 Pts
2021 Nenin – Cherries, flowers, chocolate, and a baby hint of pineapple create the nose. On the palate, the wine is classic in nature with a firm accent to the sweet, crisp, ripe red and black plums. The wine blends 64% Merlot and 36% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2042. 91-93 Pts
2021 Nenin Fugue de Nenin – Forward, savory red plums on the nose and on the medium-bodied palate helps create the backdrop for this early drinking charmer. Drink from 2023-2028. 86-88 Pts
2021 Petrus – Quite floral in nature, initially you dig into the lilacs, violets, truffles, chocolate, plums, cherries, mint leaf, spice, strawberry, and black raspberries on the complex nose. This is an elegant, refined Petrus focused on its purity, balance, length, and energy, instead of concentration. Reserved, the wine builds slowly on the mid-palate, starting off discreetly, finishing with its red fruits and a touch of salinity in the endnote. Its length sneaks up on you. The success of the vintage is due in large part to waiting for the right moment to pick, which in 2021, with their deep, blue clay, made it necessary to harvest from September 30 – October 9. 13.3% ABV, pH 3.55. Yields are 33 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2027-2055. 95-97 Pts
2021 Plince – Wet earth, herbs, red berries and a touch of citrus shine in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, medium-bodied, bright, savory, and crisp with an earthy, cocoa edge to the fruits in the finish. Drink from 2023-2033. The wine blends 82% Merlot with 18% Cabernet Frannc. 90-92 Pts
2021 Plincette – Bright, fresh, crisp, earthy, and vibrant, with a strong touch of underbrush to the red fruits on the palate and in the finish. Drink from 2023-2030. 87-89 Pts
2021 Rouget – Flowers, licorice, thyme, cinnamon, and cherries on the nose and mid-palate. The wine is soft, fresh, round, sweet, and fruity, with a bright, supple-textured, juicy, red and black plummy finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2023-2038. 91-93 Pts
2021 Sacre Coeur – Earthy, plummy, fresh, bright, clean, and with a floral, leafy edge, the wine is soft, medium-bodied, forward, and already quite easy to enjoy for its elegant, refined nature and ripe, red plums on the palate and in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2024-2033. 91-90 Pts
2021 Saint-Pierre-Pomerol – Violets and roses with plums and chocolate on the nose. The wine is plush, round, and ripe, with soft tannins, which makes this already easy to taste and enjoy. The plummy finish is polished and fresh. Drink from 2024-2039. 90-92 Pts
2021 Taillefer – Medium-bodied, soft, fresh and fruity, with a sweetness to the bright red fruits and a touch of cocoa on the palate and in the finish. This will be quite nice to enjoy in its youth and over the next 12 -15 years or so. Drink from 2023-2035. 88-90 Pts
2021 Tour Maillet – Medium-bodied, earthy energetic, fresh, bright, vibrant Pomerol with a sweet, juicy, crisp, red plum and cocoa character. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-91 Pts
2021 Trotanoy – Asian spice, truffle, chocolate, espresso, fennel, and dark red pit fruits are all over the place, on the nose and palate here. Classic, vibrant, refined, and also reticent at the moment, this reminds me in some ways of the best attributes from previous classic vintages that are now aged into maturity. The finish is filled with dark, red pit fruits, espresso, spice, and a touch of fresh mint with a hint of salted plums on the backend. The wine is made from 100% Merlot. The harvest took place September 27-October 4. Drink from 2026-2055. 94-96 Pts
2021 Vieux Chateau Certan – Dark ruby in color, the perfume kicks off with lilacs, violets, graphite, nutmeg, spice, plums, and black cherry nuances. On the palate, the wine is fresh, vibrant, crisp, chewy, and long. The salty touch of minerality in the endnote adds to all the sweet, dark red pit fruits. Refined, elegant, and classic, (but in a good way) there is length, purity, tension, and energy in the finish, with just a hint of spice too. The wine blends 77% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.2% ABV. The harvest took place September 24-September – October 6. Yields were 38 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2049. 94-96 Pts
2021 Vray Croix de Gay – Soft-textured, chocolate-covered plums, licorice, and sweet, black cherries show quite well on the nose and in the lush, polished, silky, dark-edged, plummy palate with a touch of chocolate that comes in on the endnote. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2024-2042. 91-93 Pts
Up next, we will continue our reports on all the best 2021 Right Bank wines with 2021 Lalande de Pomerol, followed by 2021 Cotes de Bordeaux.
