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In the News (Sun 6 Dec 09)

  
  pomerol
Pomerol's charm is immediate, and appeals as much to the most demanding connoisseur as to the person just learning to enjoy wine.
Pomerol wines are deeply coloured and admirably structured, with remarkable elegance and a taste that is both rich and generous.
Pomerol is even delicious young, though it reaches perfection after 5-10 years in bottle, depending on the chateau and wine storage conditions.
home.planet.nl /~stef/libournais/pomerol.htm   (534 words)

  
 Pomerol - Cellarnotes.net
Merlot is the dominant grape in Pomerol (as it is in
The soils of Pomerol range from a gravel and clay mixture found in the eastern part of the commune to a lighter soil with more sand in the west.
The Plateau of Pomerol is a gravel deposit on the east side of Pomerol where most of the famous and well known chateaux are located.
www.cellarnotes.net /pomerol.html   (319 words)

  
 Buying Pomerol in the UK :: my favourite French red wine
Pomerol is one of those wines that is complemented and complements food in a quite magical fashion.
Pomerol is a fantastic wine grown in the ancient and excellent, in terms of wine making, scenery and pedigree, Bordeaux region of France.
Pomerol is quite a young appellation in the Bordeaux stable yet it is one of its brightest stars.
www.pomerol.org   (719 words)

  
 Saveur - Pomerol Rich and Famous
The wines of Pomerol at their best are soft but substantial, full of fruit and flavor, and often more elegant, especially when young, than their more famous counterparts in the Médoc.
The commune’s vineyards are characterized by soil type: Those in the west and south are predominantly sand; in the north and east, the soil is mostly clay and gravel; at the center of the appellation is a core of clay ringed by clay and gravel.
Few people in Pomerol have anything good to say about cabernet sauvignon, a variety that was imposed on the region by the Institut National des Appellations d’Origine, with classic muddleheadedness, in the early 1970s.
www.saveur.com /article.jsp?ID=4963   (1484 words)

  
 Pomerol
Pomerol lacks true châteaux and even a town.
Pomerol has a maritime climate, caused by the Atlantic.
The climate of Pomerol is more continental however, with a greater variation of temperature during the day and less rainfall during summer and winter.
www.twis.info /wineregion.php?ID=20   (345 words)

  
 Château Latour-a-Pomerol   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It consists of just under 8 hectares of vineyards split in to two plots: the first is known as Les Grandes Vignes and is located on a gravel outpost next to the Church of Pomerol.
The second plot lies on sandy, lighter soils and is to be found on the western side of the Pomerol plateau.
Latour á Pomerol produces sumptuous, meaty, concentrated and full-bodied Pomerols that often require at least 10 years of cellaring.
www.dreyfusashby.com /France-Moueix-Latour.htm   (247 words)

  
 Pomerol Tasting: La Conseillante, Clos Rene, Gazin and more
Pomerol is the smallest of all the significant red wine producing communes of Bordeaux, with something in the region of 770 hectares planted to vines, compared with over 5000 in St Emilion, the other major wine producing region of the right bank.
Pomerol is also one of the more divided regions of Bordeaux, with many of the individual domaines being quite small, particularly when compared to their companions on the left bank, which often have huge production volumes.
I recently tasted and assessed a number of Pomerols, with my main focus of interest being the 1982 vintage, although I also looked at a few wines from later vintages, including 1983, 1989 and 1993.
www.thewinedoctor.com /tastingsformal/pomerol8293.shtml   (682 words)

  
 Pomerol, Bordeaux wine regions, right bank, AOC, Regions and wine Appellations
Pomerol is situated on a plateau, the wine area's successive terraces slope down to the Isle stream and the Dordogne river.
Pomerol is a compact plateau of clay spreads over the appellation's heart, gathering the most reputated wines of the Pomerol area.
One of the soil's particular features at Pomerol is the high proportion of iron hard pan in the subsoil.
www.winemega.com /region_pomerol.htm   (366 words)

  
 Pomerol
Pomerol is the smallest of Bordeaux appellations and is situated north of Libourne.
The most famous Pomerol chateaux are found to the east on the 'plateau of Pomerol'.
The desire for Pomerol wines is generated both by the exceptional quality and by their rarity, due to the small size of the vineyards.
www.fineclaretseller.com /FCSellPomerol.htm   (300 words)

  
 Winetasters - Pomerol   (Site not responding. Last check: )
However, in Pomerol the Merlot is king, and often no Cabernet Sauvignon at all is included.
Pomerol is also the smallest production of the major Bordeaux areas, meaning extremely limited supply of these wines, leading inevitably to high prices for the most sought-after wines.
Of course, any Pomerol tasting must have Pétrus, and we have the 1992, a relatively light year, but more accessible than other recent vintages.
winetasters.on.ca /Tastings/wtpomerol.html   (464 words)

  
 Welcome to Château Gazin - Pomerol
The development of the Pomerol vineyard in the 12th century up to the French Revolution of 1789 around the commandary of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta is confirmed by very old documents from the Great Priory of Malta in Toulouse.
The present day Château GAZIN, which was once a village in the 18th century, is located on the site of the hospital built by the Knights to host the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella.
A second AOC Pomerol wine “l’Hospitalet de Gazin”, was created in 1986 in order to reserve the best of the harvest for Château GAZIN.
www.chateau-gazin.com /uk/vignoble.html   (280 words)

  
 LocalWineEvents.com - New York City : Pomerol
From near obscurity to one of the most famous regions in Bordeaux, Pomerol is home to some of Bordeaux's most collectible chateaux such as Château Pétrus and Le Pin.
Pomerol is the smallest of the great red wine regions in Bordeaux, yet the complexity in its soils gives its wines an individuality that clearly sets it apart.
Because of the clay and generally cooler soils in Pomerol, Merlot is given the most prominent role.
www.localwineevents.com /New-York-City-Wine/event-68704.html   (241 words)

  
 Vieux Certan wines at Berry Bros & Rudd
Vieux Château Certan was the most prized château in Pomerol between 1770 and 1875 when it was owned by the Demay family.
The huge bouquet of cassis, herbs, and new oak is followed by a wine that is medium-bodied, with deep, fl-cherry flavors wrapped intelligently in toasty oak.
This is classic Pomerol at its best, in spite of a relatively high proportion of Cabernet.
www.bbr.com /US/db/producer/714?first_product_F=1&ID=null   (869 words)

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