Best Pomerol 2023 wines tasted en primeur

Beautiful purple colour in the glass, vibrant and alive. Great florality; raspberry, cherry, cranberry, lots of fresh red summer berries and lots of aromatics. Broad...

A clear stand out in 2023. Dark chocolate, bitter toast, blackcurrant, deep, dark and rich tones on the nose. This has both a vibrancy and...

Gorgeous aromatic profile; a little herbal, inky almost, pencil led, crayon, floral notes of iris and violet, cool blue fruits, mint and fresh raspberry. Some...

Fragrant redcurrant and cranberry. Milk chocolate, vanilla, creamy, fruity and fresh with cherry and plum fruit. Cool and crisp, so much freshness straight away and...

A floral and opulent nose; irises, and strongly-scented dark fruits - plums, blackcurrants and black cherries. Really very expressive aromatics, opulent and forward. Smooth...

Dark ripe fruits and some savoury touches of tobacco, dark chocolate and clove with wet stones. Violets and irises come in after a few minutes....

Crafted from deep rooted vines in both clay with clayey gravel, this estate succeeds like no other in expressing power from this appellation but without...

Beautiful cool blueberry and purple floral scents on the nose - violets and roses but then changes to more red fruits after a few minutes....

Strongly scented, tobacco, tar, dark chocolate, blackcurrant, cedar and olive - savoury. Seamless elegance combined with energy here, lots of life and lift, bright acidity,...

Gorgeously floral, juicy black fruit and damson aromas presage a classy, polished, fresh and juicy palate. A bit of tightening tannin on the finish, but...

Made from grapes harvested between 8-28 September, this wine exudes lovely notes of violet and ripe cherry, introducing a savoury palate with pristine, smooth tannins,...

Dark fragrance, really perfumed and almost exotic on the nose, lively and expressive, rich and opulent on the aromatic spectrum. Smells fresh and clean with...

A balanced nose evincing ripe black and red fruit and toasty notes that reflect excellent integration of 50% new oak for ageing. I like the...

Vivid fruit aromas of strawberry jam, blackberry and plum. The palate shows rather smooth tannin, with plenty of wet stone minerality and tonicity, without any...

Great clarity and purity, clean and sharp with strawberry and cherry aromas. Fun and fruit-forward, this has great energy with some bounce and a gorgeous...

Chewy and plush, but streamlined at the same time, the ripe fruit softening and smoothing out to reveal a fine layer of chalkiness with a...

Pure and intense on the nose. Smooth and supple, great energy and focus to this, movement with ripe fruit but tight tannins. Feels a touch...

Perfumed on the nose, heavily scented and lively with violets, roses, blackcurrants, slate, crayon and liquorice. Supple and agile on the palate, a great movement...

Smells toasty, opulent and rich with dark black fruits on the nose. Juicy and clean, lots of minty freshness and fresh herbal crushed mint aligned...

Perfumed purple berries - plum and damson on the palate. Lots of florality, really scented and expressive. Juicy and supple, nicely agile and energetic -...

Dark chocolate, vanilla, violets and juicy blackcurrants, smells cool and fresh. Ripe fruit gives the almost weighty texture, long and streamlined - clearly persistent but...

Milk chocolate, vanilla, violets, so much perfume and dark black bramble fruit on the nose. Rich, full, supple and juicy with a nice shot of...