Chateau La Valliere Lalande de Pomerol 2015, AOC PomerolThe blend makes a colourful wine, round and elegant with rich and silky tannins. On the nose, you will discover black ripe fruit aromas and flavours of light wood vanilla. The mouth reveals to be rich and full bodied combined by a fresh feeling. Country Region: France, Pomerol Grape Variety: Merlot 85%, Cabernet Sauvignon 10%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Bottle Size: 750ml Best serve at 17 18C. Steak, especially richer steak dishes such as tournedos rossini.

The generously proportioned

155th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 15th November 2015 - Beaune 1er Cru

accompanied by subtle floral notes and a pronounced mineral character that speaks to the site's limestone-rich soils

intense and dense nose given mostly to earthy red and dark fruit and this earthy character continues onto the rich

in the form of grilled hazelnuts and pastries

The very dense and serious big-bodied flavors exhibit an intense minerality on the overtly powerful and hugely long finish

This is not particularly dense but I like the balance and sense of harmony that should enable it to age well

acacia and a variety of citrus elements

"We had a bit of frost towards the end and 10% was harvested afterwards

old school and completely backward Chambertin that will need close to two decades to arrive at its full majority

Robert Parker: 98 /100

There is good density to the broad-shouldered and muscular flavors that possess plenty of that beguiling quality of underlying tension