Clos Beauregard: Tasting & Drinking
Having visited the property very recently I have only tasted wines from the era of ownership by Grands Chais de France. I have no knowledge of older vintages, I do not recall seeing any before, and have certainly never tasted any.
As a consequence I have only been able to look at vintages from 2011 onwards. It is necessary when tasting from this estate to consider the terroir; we are on the sandy peripheries of Pomerol here, and the wines are never going to scale the heights attained by those on the gravels and clays of the central plateau. Having said that, in exploring Pomerol in recent years, I have been impressed by the quality of some of these more peripheral wines, even here alongside the suburbs of Libourne. Notable successes can be found at Château Taillefer, the vines of which as I have already indicated are directly adjacent to those of Clos Beauregard, and where the wines are surprisingly convincing, and Château Bonalgue, where Jean-Baptiste Bourotte makes attractive wines that develop enticing tertiary characteristics as they develop. With these estates as benchmarks, there surely has to be some potential at Clos Beauregard, particularly when you bear in mind the investment capability and winemaking expertise Grands Chais de France has drafted in.
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