Chateau L'Enclose Blend, France
With 150 or so producers and roughly 740 hectares of vineyards, the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations is home to myriad bijou domaines - making little more than 1,000 cases per annum. If the topography and architecture of Pomerol are typical. the style of this wine is anything but.
The vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay extending across the raised plateau of Pomerol from the boundary of St. Emilion.
WINE VARIETIES: 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec
PRODUCTION: 2000 cases
APPEARANCE: ruby
NOSE: red fruits, cocoa, fresh wood and mild tobacco notes
MOUTH: fresh full attack, round and generous mid-palate, the finish is juicy
with subtil aromas of cherry stones.
Antonio Galloni: 89-92/100
Neal Martin: 89-91/100
James Suckling: 89-90/100