March 9, 2021 - Certainly much better than any of the professional reviews would indicate. It is in a very good place. Had a 2 hour decant and it really sings. Good fruit, well balanced, delightful. When I go to the Bordeaux section of my Cellar, and want a very good Pomerol, I am tempted by the 1982 Château La Conseillante, the 1982 Vieux Château Certan, and even the 1982 Château Le Bon Pasteur. However I can save them for another day by grabbing a bottle of 2004 Château La Croix St. Georges from the case and have a very good Pomerol experience.
June 15, 2018 - Bouquet of violets and cassis. Still with plenty of black fruit complimented by pencil lead, licorice and herbs. Good acidity and length with violets emerging again in the finish. Delicious. Ready to drink and close to its peak.
May 6, 2018 - An easy afternoon with close friends (@ PdV): Garnet red with a brownish rim. In the bouquet some pleasant barnyard, vanilla, cedar and sweet licorice. On the palate a complex and silky wine with a good balance between acidity and sweetness, chocolate and soft tannin. The wine is perfectly ready now and has a good length.
February 15, 2018 - UWS (@ JB): In the bouquet chocolate, dark berries and good oak. On the palate also red berries, good fresh acidity, some pleasant sweetness and chocolate. The wine is completely ready now.
July 1, 2017 - An easy afternoon with close friends: In the bouquet smoke, toast, licorice, and caramel. On the palate the same impressions plus dark berries like cassis, lovely acidity and sweet impressions. Some vanilla and soft tannin. Complex and luxurious wine. Fully mature now and the next few years. Don’t wait too long!
January 6, 2017 - It is a little surprise that I had a chance to revisit this wine again, it is wonderful, still young and deep in colour, a little fruit bomb really! If you like this style of wine, should be a good offer, very festive and sweet! The bouquet is rich and fragrant! I have to admit, it's a bit one-dimensional, not much change during the two hours of drinking, a bit bored at the end, but apart from that, everything is just fine! Well made and will trumpets for another decade easily!
February 29, 2016 - In the bouquet beautiful dark and red forest fruits, sweet spices and luxurious oak with also some tobacco and leather in the nose. On the palate the same impressions. Some earth, good acidity, ripe and mature tannin with a mild bite. The wine has a good length. Ready now and the next few years. Beautiful wine.
December 22, 2015 - In a lovely place; nice nose, smooth tannins, still good fruit, rich red/purple, no browning yet around the edges
November 7, 2015 - An easy afternoon with close friends (@ FD Pomerol): This was the most pleasant wine of the afternoon, because it was the most ready and has beautiful and luxurious elements. The bouquet is very tempting with red and dark forest fruits, sweet spices, cigar box, vanilla, some smoke and a pleasant touch of barnyard. On the palate everything come back as well as some chocolate, good vanilla, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. Ready now and no real hurry. I have a few more and I am looking forward to them.
November 30, 2014 - This ripe, plummy, round, ready to drink Pomerol displays licorice, espresso bean, black cherries, smoke and licorice. There is a bit too much oak in the finish.