2018 La Pointe
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Lots of spiced darker cherry and currant fruits as well as savory herbs, damp earth, and cedar emerge from the 2018 Château La Pointe, another rich, concentrated yet seamless Pomerol in 2018 that has tons to love. Showing more chocolate and spice with time in the glass, it has plenty of mid-palate depth, soft, integrated tannins, and is already hard to resist. It should nevertheless gain additional complexity with 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for over a decade.
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James Suckling
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2018 La Pointe is a supple, easygoing Pomerol to drink now and over the next few years. Sweet red berry fruit, cedar, new leather, dried flowers and tobacco are all nicely layered. Medium in body and charming, La Pointe has plenty to offer. This understated, gracious Pomerol could very well surprise somewhere down the line.
The 2018 La Pointe is more immediate on the nose than it was when tasted from barrel, offering scents of blackberry and mint, touches of violet, and perhaps more red fruit than I noticed before. The palate is medium-bodied with a lightly spiced entry, the black fruit tinged with truffle and clove. Good grip here. Slightly gamy toward the finish, with a persistent spicy aftertaste. Give this 2–3 years in bottle and you should have a delicious 2018. (NM)
74% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc. Deepest crimson. Lively dark-red fruit and a hint of lavender. Tight, fine and dry, much finer in tannin texture than the majority of Pomerols but it is slightly hard/bitter on the finish. (JH)
About the producer
Since insurance firm Generali purchased this estate in 2007, it has set out to overhaul the property and its reputation – starting with the vineyards – and the results speak for themselves.