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Vintage | 1964 |
Rating | 85-89 |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pomerol |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | From 200 € to 300 € |
Château | Conseillante (La) |
Country | France |
The name Conseillante appears from the middle of the eighteenth century. It was bequeathed by a influential person who ran the property 300 years ago soon: Catherine Conseillan. The Conseillante of Saint-Emilion, Pomerol on the board with a clay and gravel with iron in the dirt basement, wine comes from vines which certainly enhances Merlot (70%) but the Cabernet Franc, with 25%, gives the wines a freshness, complexity and richness special. The purple cap with his Conseillante recalls for its characteristic aroma of the raw. These elements selected in 1871 by brothers Nicolas remain an elegant modernity at the dawn of the XXI Century.
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I had an excellent bottle of the 1964 La Conseillante in the late eighties that proved to be better than I indicated in my tasting notes in the first edition of this book. Medium ruby, with some amber at the edge, this wine has a sensational nose of smoky, almost buttery, nutty, superripe, plummy fruit and herbs. In the mouth, it is round, generous, even opulent, with a great deal of concentration, and a long, alcoholic finish. By the standards of the chateau, this is a larger-framed, more muscular wine than usual.