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La Violette 2023
Pomerol, -
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| Units | Size | Case size | GBP Price: | Quantities | Buy |
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| 12 | 75cl Bottle | Case 6 | £1,290 per Case | Cases | [Add to shopping basket] |
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From the team of Château Le Gay and a smaller production release based on 100% Merlot vinified and aged in new barrels, the 2023 Château La Violette is slightly deeper purple-hued and offers an absolutely awesome bouquet of red and blue fruits, smoked earth, graphite, spring flowers, and incense. Complex, layered, and nuanced, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a broad, layered, seamless mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a great, great finish. It's up with the top handful of 2023s and is a brilliant effort in the vintage. Score: 95 - 97 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 08 May 2024 |
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This is intense, rich character, grilled coffee, blueberry, a little heavy through the mid palate although has good depths and texture, Pomerol typicity, very much also on the estate signature. Close to the church plots in Pomerol, Vignobles Parent. Score: 92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2027-2038 02 May 2024 |
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The 2023 La Violette emerges from a tiny 1.68 hectare vineyard in the heart of Pomerol, 100% hand-destemmed and vinified in 100% French oak barrels from cooper Saury. Sumptuous and racy, the 2023 offers up a beguiling mix of crème de cassis, blueberry, menthol, licorice, spice and French oak. La Violette remains one of the most distinctive wines in Pomerol. Score: 93 - 96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2030-2048 30 April 2024 |
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The 2023 La Violette has a lovely nose, quite refined compared to past vintages, with layers of black plum, truffle and violet. The oak is neatly enmeshed. The palate is medium-bodied with a lactic entry, dark chocolate interwoven into the layered red fruit with a smooth, spicy finish. It just misses the complexity that I know this estate can produce. This is maybe an atypically conservative La Violette? Score: 90 - 92 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2027-2040 29 April 2024 |
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Full-bodied with a rich and chunky mid-palate, packed with fruit and chewy tannins. It’s very well framed and muscular, but not heavy. This should develop well with more time in barrel. Score: 95 - 96 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 24 April 2024 |
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