Château Siaurac: Tasting & Drinking
As I made clear in my introduction, for many years it was rarely that I found anything of great interest in the wines of Château Siaurac. If you were to put them side-by-side with other leading exemplars of the Lalande-de-Pomerol appellation, for example Château Les Cruzelles, made by Denis Durantou of Château L’Église-Clinet, there would be no comparison. Denis and his wine would wipe the floor with what the vines of Château Siaurac seemed willing to give us.
Having said that, I was taken with the dark fruit and elegance of the 2016 vintage (the quality was certainly way ahead of what I tasted in 2015, and both vintages were kind to the winemakers of the right bank), and I have to wonder if this could by the first sign of a successful revitalisation? With an increased hold on the domaine now that Paul Goldschmidt has departed, the new owners and managers will no doubt seek to build on these improvements. With no end of financial backing, first from the Artemis group, and now Suravenir, and a team led on-site by the talented Pénélope Godefroy and with Jean-Claude Berrouet on hand to provide advice, it is fair to say that this is one estate worth watching closely in coming years. (21/3/18, updated 22/6/22)
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