Pomerol AOC

He holds his France's DUAD Tasting Diploma in French, Italian, and Spanish wine scholar certifications, all with highest honors, plus France's National Sommelier Qualification.

Uh, he's an Honorary Knight of both Bordeaux Left Bank and the Fraternity of Pomerol.

So I guess it's a way of saying this guy knows his stuff, and he's trying to change the way people think about and talk about wine.

So from the article, "But the accolades aren't what matters most to him.

Le Pin is far higher profile than Vieux Château Certan.

But I would definitely agree with whoever is assessing that VCC is one of the, uh, Pomerol wines of the future, because they do such incredible work with their viticulture and, you know, so I, I, I can see that, but I think that the Le Pin one, one grape is a little odd.

But yeah, sorry, Sarah, over to you for the two grapes.

Right.

Zone two is the gravel section.

Over the far side of the appellation, bordering the neighboring region of Pomerol, there is a patch of gravel soils.

This is where one of the most legendary estates of all, Château Cheval Blanc, sits.

And the gravel is why Cheval Blanc unusually grows so much Cabernet Franc.

It tastes almost like a bridge between Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.

Zone number three is the sandy plain, so lower down toward the river, the soils turn to sand and lighter alluvial ground.

These make softer, earlier drinking, less age-worthy wines.

Leaving and competitive turned out to also mean political and litigious.

But, you know, special cuvées.

The Sauteloup, the Pomerol Sauteloup, and the Angelus' homage à Elisabeth Boucher.

So from what I'm saying, those are two specific cuvées, and the Salt Loup is from Chateau Petrus, right?

Well, Petrus, yes.

And to wrap things up now, what's your wine of the week this week? What are you drinking?

I'm talking about the 2011 Chateau Chantenois Pomerol.

This is a right bank wine is a hundred percent Merlot Pomerol doesn't have any crew system.

Um, but arguably one of the most famous Bordeaux wines, which is Petrus comes out of Pomerol.

And these wines are like full disclosure.

I didn't buy this wine.

You are really lucky to do that because I can remember when we were in Bordeaux, for example, for the Primer, we were gathering samples for him mostly, and I was tasting sometimes.

And we were tasting like in the morning, 50 different Pesac Le Oignon Reds, for example, or I don't know, 50 Pomerol.

And that's something you never do, right? Right.

to be able to have all these wines from that appellation, from the same vintage.