December 19, 2023 - Did a head to head competition between 2010 Pasteur and 2011 Ornellia Bolgheri. Two different wines but gave both a 94 . Pasteur clearly held its own. More complex. Decanted Pasteur for 2 hours and Ornellia 1 hour.
November 18, 2023 - Inga noter. Utmärkt.
August 13, 2023 - This is showing so much better than my last bottle a few years ago. Open an radiant, this is showing notes of black and blue fruit, but increasingly also red fruit, plums, some sweet spices, dark chocolate, some cedar wood, tobacco leaf, also some graphite mineral note. It‘s full-bodied, rich and opulent, but with still nice freshness of medium-high acidity and some medium+ tannin adding grip too. Pretty long finish. There is not much sublety, the alcohol is a touch recognizable, but a really nice fruit-forward and bigger styled Pomerol. It might actually get even better from here. (93+)
October 1, 2022 - My last of these. Consistent with previous notes, this is delicious, with a red fruit profile, enticing raspberry liqueur, along with beautiful dryness on the finish. Showing great now really, with the acidity of the vintage bringing a beautiful lift and lightness. I was lucky to source about ten of these at like sixty something a few years ago, which was a great price.
June 28, 2022 - De betere Bon Pasteur - Glanzend dieprode kleur - Aroma's van zwart fruit, aards, leer en truffel - smaken met mooie concentratie van paddestoelen wat tabak en chocolade - zuren in begin venster - Goede medium afdronk.
June 25, 2022 - With suggestions of black fruits compote and potent flowers, the nose is fresher than the palate. There, the rich fruit does manage to cover the tannins and tame somewhat the strong (14.5) alcohol. But even at its best, this strikes me as univocally ripe, borderline jammy, with little vivacity, and too many barrel notes. No surprise here, you'll like this iff you like the Michel Rolland style. Whatever your own inclination, this clearly needs another 5 years to reach its potential.
November 13, 2021 - Infanticide, vraiment jeune et inaccessible, peu développé, peu ouvert. Le potentiel est là mais il ne livre rien actuellement
September 26, 2021 - Took 2 hours to open and it needs more time. Won't try again for 5 years.
September 21, 2021 - Ikke dekantert. Fet, men tanninen og syren gjør at det er helt ok. Super fra første glass. Enda bedre dag 2, litt mindre tøff, selv om den ikke var uvennlig dag 1. Absolutt!
August 21, 2021 - Polished and sophisticated. Nice red berry, lovely dryness on the finish. Showing well now.