flowery incense

fresh pear and granitic aromas

Tasted in New York in November 2018

two or more decades

Here too there is a background application of wood that is sufficiently subtle so as to allow the expressive nose of plum

Clemence Vintage:2010 flowery incenseA big, muscular, oaky, modern style Pomerol with better integration of wood than in many vintages, this offering exhibits some notes of charcoal, cedar wood, roasted herbs and an abundance of black currant and black cherry fruit with a hint of sassafras. The texture is rich and reassuring and the finish quite long, with moderate tannin. Forget this wine for 3 4 years, as it is a relatively muscular styled Pomerol, and drink in the following two