Top Pomerol 2017 wines

One of the very few in the vintage where there is actual flesh on the bones, and lots of it. The danger in dry years...

Deep and concentrated in colour and fruit character. This is pretty closed on the nose compared to some and also a little more about texture...

The more gravelly soils of Lafleur have responded beautifully this year, expressing a real creaminess and density to the black fruits. There's a clear Cabernet...

For me, this is one of the successes of the vintage in Pomerol, although not fully escaping the roadblocks of 2017. There is a real...

This has a lovely silkiness to it, one of the real successes in the appellation in terms of the texture and the quality of the...

Smoked rosemary oak on the nose, this is attractive and appealing with a concentrated but supple fruit expression of sweet raspberry flesh. It has Pomerol...

No frost at Le Pin gave a normal yield of 32hl/ha, and the early season meant the harvest came in from 18-21 September. Picking over...

A lighter vintage overall, with delicacy and finely-spun tannins. The fruit is sculpted raspberry and red cherry, clearly will be ready to drink before the...

Even at three years old the aromatics are rich and fairly open, with touches of grilled cedar and dark berry fruits. Enjoyable if less powerful...

25% frosted but no second generation fruit used. The grapes here are planted on the deep gravels of the Pomerol plateau, and it has definitely...

Violet edging and cherry red body, hints of gourmet chocolate, and a welcome return to some Pomerol flesh in a vintage where this character is...

The 1,500 candles in the vineyards (as with Petrus and VCC) were effective against the frost here, and as with much of the region the...

This is the first vintage of Château Séraphine, bought by Martin Krajewski in April 2016 (although he didn't take ownership of the vineyard until after...

Clear structure evident on the nose through abundant amounts of spice and fruit, and the colour passes to a deep cherry red. The fruit is...

A good display of house signature here - tight, firm, bright and intense. This is very much about tight, layered flavours of dark blackberry and...

Split over two areas, one by Lafleur and the other by Trotanoy, divided into nine plots, none of which were affected by frost. A little...

This has depth and juiciness, making it an enjoyable, bright, if a little austere Pomerol. Tasted twice, and both times it showed well, with slightly...

Located next to Clos L'Eglise and Rouget at the foot of the Pomerol plateau, this estate belongs to François Despagne, who is not showing his...

Quite different in character again, on the broad shouldered side, with a tannic frame and bite. A more serious side to Pomerol, with liquorice running...

Touches of bitter black chocolate here, this is structured and softly tannic with walls and a sense of concentration and restraint. Great quality and impressive...

Touches of Pomerol liquorice and black chocolate, with depth to the fruit that is still austere with firm tannins but that has the promise of...