Bordeaux 2022 at Two Years: Pomerol
It was a fairly tight schedule I followed for my Pomerol visits this year, but it was also a comprehensive one, with all the appellation’s most famous names having agreed to a visit to taste their recently bottled 2022. Sometimes that’s not always the case, and sometimes it can be a challenge squeezing all those who are willing into a tight timetable.
I had pretty much finished with my left bank tastings by the time I reached Pomerol, all my visits there done (although I would revisit many of the wines again at the CVBG and Joanne tastings at the end of the following week) so I kicked off at five minutes to nine on a Friday morning with a knock on the latched, shuttered and bolted door at L’Église-Clinet. There was nobody home of course, but I was five minutes early, and sure enough Noëmie Durantou appeared in her white pick-up truck just a minute or two later.
Thereafter it was on to Vieux Château Certan, Le Pin, Clos du Clocher and Séraphine, followed by the crossing of the border mentioned in my 2022 St Emilion report for Cheval Blanc and Figeac (honorary Pomerols – although following convention my notes can be found in my 2022 St Emilion report). The following week came Petrus, L’Évangile, a tasting at the Moueix offices in Libourne for Hosanna, La Fleur-Pétrus, Trotanoy and the like, followed by La Conseillante, Petit Village and a few more.
As I said, a tight but comprehensive schedule. In this report I present all my tasting notes from this whirlwind circuit of the Pomerol appellation, with close to 60 wines tasted and reassessed.
