Château Le Bon Pasteur - Pomerol 2018

Vinous

91-93 / 100

par Neal Martin le 15/11/2019

The 2018 Le Bon Pasteur has a very pure bouquet with crushed violet and iris scents infusing the black cherry and raspberry fruit. There is a citrus quality to the aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity and more grip than I expected thanks to the structure on the finish. The acidity is well judged with a touch of black pepper on the aftertaste. Very promising but it will require some bottle ageing.

Jeb DUNNUCK

91-93 / 100

par Jeb Dunnuck le 01/05/2019

The 2018 Château Le Bon Pasteur comes from the home estate of renowned oenologist Michel Rolland and is a Merlot-dominated blend (there’s normally a splash of Cabernet Franc) brought up in plenty of new barrels. This deep purple-colored beauty offers a medium to full-bodied, seamless, elegant style as well as classic Pomerol notes of ripe black and blue fruits, damp earth and chocolate. Slightly more elegant than normal, yet with beautiful purity and fine tannins, give bottles a 2-4 years bottle age and it should last for 15-20 years.

Vinous

88-90 / 100

par Antonio Galloni le 01/05/2019

The 2018 Le Bon Pasteur is a dark, potent Pomerol. Blackberry jam, chocolate, licorice, spice and tobacco add to an impression of virile power. This is an especially extracted, oaky style with a lot of impact, but less in the way of nuance or finesse. My impression is that Bon Pasteur needs an updating. There is just not much pleasure to be had here. Tasted two times.

Vinifera

90 /

par Jacques Perrin le 01/05/2019

Nez au profil très crémeuxet de fruits mûrs. Bouche souple et suave. Riche, velouté, il finit sur une sensatio  alcooleuse. 

La Revue du Vin de France

15,5-16,5 / 20

le 24/04/2019

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

par Jeff Leve le 23/04/2019

Ripe black cherries, plums, flowers, licorice and chocolate permeate the aromatic character. Sensuous, silky, polished and concentrated with layers of fruit, licorice and cocoa, give this wine 5-7 years to develop even more of its intimate and sexy personality. The wine was made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% old vine Cabernet Franc.

Wine Advocate

92-94 / 100

par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 23/04/2019

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Bon Pasteur offers up expressive notions of baked red and black cherries, mulberries and warm blueberries with hints of licorice, chocolate box and menthol. The full-bodied palate has great freshness with firm, ripe, rounded tannins and bags of juicy fruit, finishing long with a minty kick.

Jamessuckling.com

96-97 / 100

par James Suckling le 12/04/2019

This is a wonderful Le Bon Pasteur with incredibly silky tannins that fill the mouth. It’s full-bodied yet ever so agile and bright. The tannins build at the end, as is the case in other top wines of the vintage.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

90 / 100

par Jean-Marc Quarin le 08/04/2019

Wine Spectator

93-96 / 100

par James Molesworth le 03/04/2019

Intense, with kirsch, açaí berry and boysenberry fruit flavors rolling over one another, backed by bramble and anise notes on the grippy finish. Very solid.

Decanter.com

91 / 100

par Jane Anson le 01/04/2019

This is very easy to love with a generous fruit structure combining blackberry with wisps of chocolate and damson. It might get tiring after a glass or so because this leans on the side of sweetness but still, though plentiful the tannins are so soft and air-brushed it’s hard not to admire.
Drinking Window 2026 - 2038