2015 La Cabanne
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Tasting Notes
A rich and round red with lots of dried fruits, spice and dark chocolate aromas and flavors. Full body, flavorful and rich. Classic styled red. Best ever from here? Apr 2016, www.JamesSuckling.com
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James Suckling
Tim Atkin MW
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Ample and generously textured on the palate, this is one of those wines that verges on overripeness, with hints of prune, but has enough acidity and extract to stop it seeming too heavy. Rich and stylishly oaked. Apr 2016, www.timatkin.com, Drink: 2020-2028
Very dark, then rich and furry and sweet. Very sweet and charming. Intense and jewelly. Very seductive! Apr 2016, www.JancisRobinson.com, Drink: 2023-2035
The 2015 La Cabanne is a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Proprietor Francois Estager told me that this was the first vintage were he has not used any sulfur (one of a few that are moving in that direction). Tasted on three occasions, the nose is offers brambly black fruit mixed with wild hedgerow and cold stone, certainly more sophisticated than recent vintages, with impressive purity. The palate is built upon fine grain tannin, well-judged acidity, and is nicely proportioned with the fruit, given lift by the new oak on the finish. I suspect that the aromatics were just having an off day; given the performance of the palate and knowing how fine this Pomerol can be, it should turn into a delicious, perhaps relatively approachable Pomerol that will give a couple decades of pleasure. Apr 2016, www.robertparker.com
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About the producer
Owned by the Estager family, this property sits between Trotanoy and Clinet on the Pomerol plateau. The heavy clay subsoils produce powerful wines that can need time to open up.