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Pomerol wines: available vintages, prices and pairings
All the Pomerol wines Transvins offers, vintage by vintage: the format, the indicative price and what to expect from it today, ready to drink or to keep. Tick what interests you, and the quote goes out with your selection.
The Pomerol wines on offer
From most expensive to most affordable, for want of a classification. Filter by budget or by “ready to drink”. Nothing is sent until you click on the quote.
No classification, from the plateau to the sands
Pomerol has never had an official classification. A château's price there says more about its reputation than any rank: from twenty euros to several thousand for Pétrus.
Pétrus
The most famous and most expensive Pomerol, on the blue clay at the heart of the plateau. Almost all merlot, and a few thousand cases a year.
The plateau
Petit-Village, Gazin, La Fleur de Gay: gravel over clay, fleshy wines with twenty years of ageing potential.
The slopes and the south
Beauregard, Nenin, La Croix de Gay: softer, ready at around five or six years.
The most affordable
Beau Soleil, Valois: Pomerol merlot at table-wine prices.
What makes a Pomerol
A small appellation, about 800 hectares north-east of Libourne, next to Saint-Émilion. Often tiny estates, winegrowers' houses rather than châteaux. Merlot dominates here more than anywhere else, with a little cabernet franc: round, velvety wines that are enjoyable young and, on the plateau, age for a long time. Only reds.
What to serve it with
- A great Pomerol ten years old or more: game birds (wine with game), a truffled bird (wine with poultry).
- A Pomerol of five to ten years: rack of lamb (wine with lamb), duck breast (wine with duck), fillet of beef (wine with beef).
- With cheese: a Brie de Meaux, a Comté (wine with cheese).
Which Pomerol for which occasion
For Christmas Eve, a Pomerol with the poultry (wine with the Christmas menu). For a wedding, an affordable Pomerol pleases the most people (which Bordeaux for a wedding). As a gift, a plateau wine in a wooden case (which wine to give). For a birthday, the year of birth (birth-year vintage).
Why doesn't Pomerol have a classification?
Because nobody ever drew one up: in 1855, Pomerol was little known, and the appellation hasn't created its own since, unlike Saint-Émilion. Prices and reputation take its place.
Why is Pétrus so expensive?
A vineyard of a few hectares on the plateau's clay, very low production and worldwide demand. As with Ausone, the price follows the rarity.
How long should you keep a Pomerol?
Three to ten years for a simple Pomerol, five to twenty for a wine from the slopes, eight to twenty-five for a wine from the plateau, much longer for Pétrus. The table applies these rules to each line; it isn't a tasting note.
Are the prices shown the prices on the quote?
They are the indicative prices from the price list, incl. VAT, per bottle of the format, excluding delivery. The quote confirms the price, the availability of each vintage and the shipping; the delivery grid gives lead times. For a Pomerol or a vintage not in the table, the quote request is still open.