Tasting notes
Mellow, dark cherry and plumptious plum fruit wrapped in sandalwood, fresh leather and hints of pot pourri. There's an autumnal leaf element from the cab franc, sparring with the ripe, sweetly spiced plum of the merlot. Although deep and concentrated and generous, there's a perfumed lift to the nose. The palate is fresh and surprisingly light and supple, with a toasty oak element. A juicy leg of lamb or roast beef with all the trimmings would be just the ticket for this. Delicious now and doesn't need laying down - but will keep 5 or 6 years
About this Wine
When it comes to Bordeaux finding quality at a decent price has been getting ever harder to attain. Like a lot of wine lovers, I’ve more or less turned my back. There are marvellous Bordeaux-style wines being made all over the world after all. Very occasionally though, there are glimmers of light in this money-benighted region, clarets that tickle you in all the appropriate places but that don't come with a bullying price tag. One such wine is Domaine du Grand Ormeau’s Lalande-de-Pomerol, whose vineyards are on excellent stony terroir, next-door to Pomerol (and indeed a short hop from the deified Petrus), Domaine Grand Ormeau is producing excellent wines without the silly price tags of their over-inflated neighbours.