Bottle of Château de Sales, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, Merlot, right-bank fine Bordeaux red

Château de Sales, Pomerol 2019

Château de Sales

Try if you like Claret

black fruits | liquorice | dark chocolate

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Drew's Tasting Note

Intense baked plum and cherries with fruitcake aromas. Ripe, seductive black fruits with liquorice, dark chocolate and an earthy note. Well-rounded and soft tannins give a long finish.

Producer: Château de Sales | Vintage: 2019 | From: Bordeaux, France | Alcohol: 14.0 | Size: 75cl | Style: medium-bodied red, still | Grape: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

2019 vintage, 91-93 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate, June 2020

The Winery

Château de Sales is the largest estate in Pomerol, with 47.6 hectares under vine and property boundaries that have remained almost unchanged since 1578. Four families have owned it: the Sauvanelles, the Desaigues, the de Laages and the Lamberts, with the name changing each time the estate passed through a daughter rather than a son. The Sauvanelles built the current Louis XIII-style château in 1643, and their descendants fought to recover the property after it was seized during the Revolution, buying back all but three hectares. In 2017, 14 cousins took over as co-owners, appointing Marine Treppoz as chair. The blend is predominantly Merlot, grown on gravel and iron-oxide-rich sands.

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