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Tasting notes
Score 17/20 · Jancis Robinson MW, Feb 2025

Tasted blind. Glowing blackish ruby. Smells more Cab Franc than Merlot! Very mellow and sweet. Classic Pomerol. High alcohol, slightly minty, but a pleasure to drink, even if already ready. (JR)

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James Suckling

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Wine Spectator

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91 points
Neal Martin
Score 91/100 · Neal Martin, Feb 2025

The 2015 La Violette has a compact, minty bouquet with vivacious red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit, marmalade and a touch of smoke. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and menthol-tinged black fruit. Its saccharine finish mellows after ten minutes, mustering more freshness and tension. Yet it is still way below how this Pomerol performed six years ago. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners.

96 points
Neal Martin
Score 96/100 · Neal Martin, Jul 2019

The 2015 La Violette has a very comely bouquet with red berry fruit, leather, sage and black truffle scents that are very well defined. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, and gentle grip. A rounded finish belies that backbone. What a superb Pomerol - very convincing, modern in style, sleek and quite penetrating. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

16.5 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 16.5/20 · Jancis Robinson MW, Jan 2019

Tasted blind. Lively dark crimson. Ripe black-cherry notes. Very sweet start. Verging on overripe notes with a hint of coconut oak. Big and brazen. Should sprinkle pleasure – except to classicists. (JR)

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