2022 Lalande de Pomerol wines at their best compete with much more expensive wines from their illustrious neighboring appellation Pomerol. They are opulent, rich, plummy and floral, and most can be enjoyed with pleasure in their youth.
With 2024 St. Emilion, the vineyards with the terroir, and owners willing to make severe selections, and react promptly to mildew pressure during the growing season, made some very nice, charming wines worth taking a look at.
I really like 2023 Saint Julien across the board. The relaxed style, character, freshness, charm and elegance of the appellation is apparent in the wines. Plus, 2023 is not a vintage requiring extensive cellaring. If you enjoy young wines for their fruit and verve, this is for you.
2023 St. Emilion has a lot to offer fans of the appellation. The wines are ripe, vibrant, lower in alcohol than you find in recent vintages, with a gorgeous purity of fruit. And if you prefer fresher styles of wine, they can be enjoyed with little to almost no aging!
At the beginning of fermentation in the cellar, you can smell strawberries and the beautiful complexity of various red fruit and spice aromas.
2014 St, Julien wines are charming, elegant, polished, fresh, bright and complex. As a generalization, they are classic in style. But in this case, stating 2014 St. Julien wines are classic is not a pejorative term, it can be a positive.
2015 Bordeaux will become famous for the numerous, stunning, opulent Pomerol and St. Emilion wines produced. Several great wines were also produced in the Left Bank, but 2015 will become famous for the Merlot and Cabernet Franc wines from the clay and limestone terroirs.