Château La Cabanne 2019

A lovely Cabanne from owner François Estager—creamy, deep and packed with Pomerol signature. Creamy texture with concentrated liquorice root and softer chocolate shavings. Gourmet-edged with clear power. It shows sweet blue and blackberry fruit expression, balanced by fresh acidities. Consultant: Thomas Duclos.

Perfumed nose of blackberries, purple plums, violets, cloves and lemon peel. It’s medium- to full-bodied with fine, supple tannins. Creamy and silky with a juicy finish. 100% Merlot. Try from 2024.

The 2019 La Cabanne has a perfumed bouquet of black cherries, dark chocolate and light floral scents; hints of truffle emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins, fresh and quite saline, with a touch of brine toward the finish. This should age very well in bottle.

Flowers intermingled with wet earth and cherries and a touch of cocoa hit all the notes here. Medium-bodied, elegant, refined, soft and silky, with freshness and energy to all the black plums and mocha on the mid-palate that carry all the way through to the ripe, lusciously-textured finish. Since 2015 La Cabanne has been getting better and better and 2019 is clearly the best vintage produced here yet. Drink from 2024-2040.

Medium deep ruby. Fine nose of butterscotch and mild oak with sweet raspberry, cherry and violet notes. Fresh and vivid palate with fine ripeness, rounded and grainy tannin with a rounded lush finish.

The 2019 Château La Cabanne is another solid release from this château. Revealing a deep ruby/plum color as well as spicy, complex notes of ripe black cherries, camphor, dried herbs, and exotic spice, it's medium to full-bodied, has a round, lush, pleasure-bent style, and the balance to evolve for 10-15 years. It's another terrific Pomerol in 2019.

96% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 14.6% vol., 42 hl/ha. Deep ruby. Complex bouquet with red-berry contours, sandalwood and redcurrant jelly, followed by light tobacco and licorice. On the mid-palate, tightly knit tannic framework, mineral core and finely austere texture. In the focused finish, the delicacy shows an introverted side and ends on juniper and plum skin. Can still improve.

Kunz barrel sample 2020: (96% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 14.6% vol. alcohol, production of 36,000 bottles) Fruity, medium-bodied bouquet, cherries, blackcurrants, wood, licorice. Silky, fruity palate with a rather slender structure, sweet aromatics, medium tannins, fine fruit, fresh finish.

(96% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 14.6% ABV, production 36,000 bottles) Fruity, medium-bodied bouquet: cherries, blackcurrants, wood, licorice. Silky, fruity palate with a rather slender structure, sweet-toned aromatics, medium tannins, fine fruit, fresh finish. 17/20 2024 - 2038

Beautiful fruity intensity complemented by floral and spicy notes. Precise and dense on the attack, the wine stands out for its finesse and for well-wrapped tannins that showcase not their muscle but their finesse and freshness, while also offering a suave side. A pleasant, rounded, inviting wine that is already very tempting.

The nose is fruity and offers a touch of indulgence, a lovely fine grain, intensity, a hint of power and a subtle, chiselled edge. It reveals notes of wild blackcurrant, ripe/juicy wild berries and, more slightly, pepper, combined with small touches of spices, cornflower and an imperceptible hint of dried blond tobacco. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers a juicy/tangy backbone, good definition, tension, juiciness, as well as a lovely finesse of smoothness, precision and aromatic purity. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy blackcurrant, juicy blueberry and, more slightly, strawberry, combined with touches of violet, purple/crunchy plum, as well as fine hints of licorice, tea, lily, sweet spices and cocoa. The tannins are well handled. Good length.

Fruity and pleasant wine with medium body and length.

100% Merlot. Relatively pale garnet. Light but pleasing fragrance. Rather pale in every respect, but the balance is fine for an early-drinking Pomerol with no sharp edges. Just slightly hot on the finish. (JR)