A benchmark Pomerol that radiates precision, depth, and sensual elegance. The 2010 vintage opens with exquisite aromatics of violets, cocoa, black cherries, and truffle, layered with notes of plum, earth, and exotic spice. The palate is full-bodied yet effortlessly refined, with silky tannins and remarkable freshness that carries through a long, harmonious finish. Beautifully composed and deeply expressive, this is La Conseillante at its most complete — graceful, complex, and built for decades of evolution.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 98
Published: Nov 14, 2013

Beautiful nose with cocoa powder, exotic flowers, candied violets and loads of dark berries. Great aromatic complexity. Amazing texture on palate with a superb precision and silky tannins. So beautifully composed showing already great harmony. Difficult to wait! Better in 2018.

Decanter | D 98
Published: Jan 4, 2021
Drink: 2021-2044

A little darker and deeper in colour than the 2009 at this stage, but both remain young, fresh and full of promise. The depth to the fruit is evident, black cherry, chocolate shavings and black truffles with great shots of acidity through the entire body of the wine. Just dripping with succulent fruit and seduction, this is the most Pomerol of the lineup, surprisingly, perhaps, taking that crown from the 2009. Still young even at 11 years old, will settle in and open further over the next few years. Violet aromatics curl out of the glass as it opens. 85% new oak. A yield of 39hl/ha.
Closure: Natural Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 20% Cabernet Franc 80% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 95
Published: Mar 5, 2020

Deep garnet in color, the 2010 La Conseillante opens with notes of warm black plums, baked blackberries and blueberry preserves plus hints of dried rosemary, fragrant earth and cedar. Full-bodied, the palate is firm and chewy with a lively line cutting through the densely packed, savory layers, finishing a little warm and lifted.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 17
Published: Feb 12, 2020
Drink: 2020-2035

Tasted blind. Deep garnet. Lots of mocha and spice here. Sweet cassis on the nose. Chewy, compact tannins and lots of freshness despite the thick texture. A big wine with a long future.

La-conseillante.com

La Conseillante, as an estate, boasts certain exceptional features. Firstly, its location is unique in the Pomerol appellation landscape where it enjoys an original mix of soils and sub-soils.

Secondly, the wines of La Conseillante, through their faithful expression of the place where they are grown and the meticulous attention lavished on them, are easily recognised by all wine lovers.

Vintage after vintage, La Conseillante’s wines are eagerly sought-after and appreciated for their extreme finesse and soft texture and their characteristic intense bouquet expressing notes of violets and truffles.

La Conseillante is a very aromatic wine with great finesse. Floral notes of peony, aromas of red berry fruit and spices mingle with violets, the inimitable hallmark floral characteristic of this wine.
The palate offers a creamy, silky texture together with wonderful freshness and soft tannins. Possessing great ageing potential, this wine, after ten years, develops aromas of black truffles, characteristic of great Merlot from the Pomerol plateau.

THE VINEYARD 
Soil composition 60% grey clay and 40% sandy gravel, resting on red (iron) clay
Grape types 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
Pruning Double and simple guyot
Planting density 7,000 vines per hectare on average
Yield 3,500 to 4,000 litres per hectare
Average age of vines 35 years

THE WINE
Harvesting At optimal phenolic ripeness, by hand, in low-capacity, open trays Sorting By hand and machine on 4 tables Winemaking process Pre-fermentary cold-maceration for 3 to 5 days, vatted for 14 to 28 days Vats 22 epoxy coated concrete tanks, fully temperature controlled Selection Vertical wine press and separate ageing of press wines

THE AGEING
Ageing 50 to 80% in new, French oak, barrels, from a number of carefully selected coopers Average length 18 months Racking using air pressure every 3 months Fining 2 to 3 fresh egg whit'sper barrel.