Pomerol 2017: Top wines re-tasted in the bottle
Few Pomerol 2017 wines stand up the brilliance of 2016 and 2018, but you'll still find plenty to enjoy in this vintage if you know where to look, says Jane Anson.
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Pomerol has an early mover advantage in terms of ripening and there is plenty to enjoy in this 2017 vintage.That said, the clay soils did not always cope well with the September rains, and some estates had to deal with the late spring frosts that also affected other parts of Bordeaux in 2017.
The Moueix wines stood out my tastings as being particularly worth tracking down, and there is plumper fruit and structure in these wines versus the en primeur tastings 18 months ago.
Overall, you’ll find plenty of enjoyable wines in this appellation and several will be ready within the next five years or so. But, very few Pomerol 2017 wines stand up to the brilliance of 2016 or 2018.
Look out for: La Conseillante, Trotanoy and Hosanna.
See Jane Anson’s top Pomerol 2017 wines re-tasted in bottle
The list comprises wines which scored 92 or above.
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Petrus, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
PetrusPomerol
Château La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château La ConseillantePomerol
Château Trotanoy, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château TrotanoyPomerol
Château La Fleur-Pétrus, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château La Fleur-PétrusPomerol
Château Hosanna, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château HosannaPomerol
Château Beauregard, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
An extremely unusual blend because of the frost that really hammered the Merlot. This is perhaps a little overly tight and austere, but they have...
2017
Château BeauregardPomerol
Château Clinet, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
<p>The wine has deepened and taken on character during ageing, although it still doesn't have the power and intensity of the vintages on either side,...
2017
Château ClinetPomerol
Château Bourgneuf, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château BourgneufPomerol
Château Latour à Pomerol, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château Latour à PomerolPomerol
Château Certan de May, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2017
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...
2017
Château Certan de MayPomerol
