Château Cambon la Pelouse: Tasting & Drinking
Château Cambon la Pelouse has long been a source of impressive wines, set to give drinking pleasure to those of us who enjoy real Bordeaux at a good price. I have more experience with Château Cambon la Pelouse than with the second wine or with L’Aura de Cambon, and I have found before now it is often one of my favourite cru bourgeois wines in any particular vintage.
Favourite vintages include, working backwards, a successful 2023, and good wines in 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2016, this latter vintage noteworthy as the property won the Cru Bourgeois du Médoc Cup. Continuing on, the 2015 was a good result, as was the 2014, and of course the 2010 vintage. I was not so enamoured with the 2022 vintage, perhaps a dropped ball by the new owners, but it is a wine which perhaps deserves a fresh assessment. The 2012 and 2011 punched above their respective weights though, decent wines in less-than-stellar vintages.
My experience with L’Aura de Cambon is brief, to say the least, nevertheless this is also an impressive wine. For the appellation it is rather dark and rich, but the quality is very good all the same. The 2014 seemed particularly promising. Will its production continue not the estate is an asset of Treasury Wine Estates? It seems less than likely. Tellingly, the last vintage I set eyes on was the 2019. (23/9/15, updated 18/3/20)
