Conseillante - Pomerol 2022

Wine Advocate

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par William Kelley le 07/03/2025

The 2022 La Conseillante is just as exquisite in bottle as it was en primeur. Wafting from the glass with an exotic bouquet of mulberries, black raspberries and plums mingled with notions of black truffle, burning embers, violets, mint and licorice, it's full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with a fleshy, even unctuous core of fruit underpinned by a broad chassis of sweet, powdery and perfectly integrated tannin. This is the most lavish, sensual La Conseillante of the last decade, with the most texture and density, yet it remains unerringly precise and harmonious. It's a blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc.

Decanter.com

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par Georgina Hindle le 07/03/2025

The best La Conseillante I’ve tasted. Intensely fragrant: blackcurrants, cherries, roses, violets. Juicy, bright and alive, with acidity lifting the expression. Many Pomerols bring power and spice; this is relaxed and silky, with summer berries and a cooling finish of blueberries, liquorice, crushed stones, slate and minty cola. A captivating...

The Wine Cellar Insider

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par Jeff Leve le 04/03/2025

Conseillante, Château La

Jeb DUNNUCK

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par Jeb Dunnuck le 28/02/2025

The 2022 Château La Conseillante is pure brilliance and is up with the crème de la crème from this estate. Gorgeous blue fruits, sweet cassis, violets, spice, incense, truffle, and blood orange all define the aromatics, and it's a sensationally pure, full-bodied, voluptuous, and perfectly balanced Conseillante that has integrated tannins, a deep, layered mid-palate, and incredible length. A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, aged in 70% new French oak, the 2022 hit 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.65. It's just about impossible to resist even today, but it's going to take 8-10 years to hit its prime drinking plateau and should see its 30th birthday in fine form.

Yvesbeck.wine

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par Yves Beck le 25/02/2025

87% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc La Conseillante 2022 commence par souligner son côté floral avec des notes de pivoines et de violettes, avant de révéler des nuances de baies noires mûres et une touche de pralinés en arrière- plan. Au fil des minutes, le bouquet met encore plus en avant son côté floral, son authenticité, ses particularités. Avant d'être un 2022, c'est surtout La Conseillante ! Alors que le bouquet laisse présager beaucoup de charme, le palais recentre le débat en affichant, avant tout, de la fraîcheur, de la finesse, presque un côté aérien, qui ne fait que prédécéder une puissance sereine, une force tranquille avec pour énergie une austérité autant structurante que rafraîchissante. Les tannins confèrent de la vigueur d'une manière certes autoritaire, mais surtout attentionnée, pertinente et constructive. 2028-2047 99/100

Vinous

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par Neal Martin le 12/02/2025

Bottled at the end of May 2024, the 2022 La Conseillante takes time to open in glass, as I anticipated after its showing out of barrel when it needed time. There is a mixture of red and black fruit, touches of black truffle and a hint of crushed violet—all very finely delineated. The palate is quite well balanced with a little more red fruit compared to its showing from barrel and a killer line of acidity that imparts a lot of freshness. Gentle grip lingers with just a touch of black pepper as it gains weight toward the finish. Maybe more classical in style than you might expect, this is a fresh, classic La Conseillante that will age supremely well in bottle.

Jamessuckling.com

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par James Suckling le 03/02/2025

The freshness and aromatics are really beautiful. Flowers such as orange blossoms with hints of nutmeg and cinnamon. Medium-bodied, this has ultrafine tannins that run the length of the wine and caress every inch. Very elegant and vivid at the end. Such refinement and loveliness for the vintage. 87% merlot and 13% cabernet franc. Try after 2028.

Vinous

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par Antonio Galloni le 28/01/2025

The 2022 La Conseillante is a gorgeous, racy wine. Pliant and super-expressive, La Conseillante is positively stellar. The 2022 is a vertical, statuesque Conseillante. As alluring as the 2022 is at this stage, it also clearly needs cellaring to be at its finest. Time in the glass releases the aromatics, along with brisk acids that keep things in check. Blood orange, lavender, spice, menthol and espresso linger on the sustained finish. Technical Director Marielle Cazaux turned out what is quite possibly the most elegant wine in Pomerol. The 2022 is one of my favorite recent vintages here. The 2022 was harvested from September 5th for Merlots through to the 20th, when the last Cabernet Franc was brought in. It was aged in 70% new wood, 27% once-filled barrels and 3% amphora.

Wine Maniacs

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par Lin Liu le 30/05/2023

Decanter.com

98-100

par Georgina Hindle le 25/05/2023

A sensational effort in 2022, utterly fabulous and one of my favourites. Smells ripe and potent, an air of opulence and richness, so perfumed and open with soft herbal and spiced elements. This wows on the palate, creamy tannins, rich but silky, so well integrated with cool, wet stone and blue fruit nuances and juicy acidity giving freshness. It manages to give with one hand and take away with the other, a supreme balancing act of providing the sumptuous power and concentration of the vintage but so delicately packaged with layers of energy, brightness and precision. Great movement and direction. Pure Pomerol power and pleasure on offer here, exciting and elegant and really feels like it’s not trying too hard. 5-6% press wine.

Alexandre Ma

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par Alexandre Ma le 17/05/2023

Château La Conseillante, in the hot and arid 2022 vintage, achieves a magical balance through its diverse soils. Consider these figures: a pH of 3.65, total acidity of 3.3, and 14% of alcohol – which of these suggests a warm-year Pomerol? The aromas are crisp and clear, like clouds to reveal the sun, while the palate is rejuvenated as if by a bubbling spring. Juicy, pleasant, with a gentle hint of saltiness hiding behind. In this wine, you can feel both the passion and elegance of Pomerol. It is like Venus emerging from flames, radiating an exuberant beauty and refined grace.

Vinous

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par Neal Martin le 17/05/2023

The 2022 La Conseillante was picked at 33hL/ha between 5 and 20 September and raised in 70% new oak plus 30% in amphorae. There is 13.9% alcohol. This is quite discrete on the nose, just like L'Évangile, only really opening after several minutes. Blackberry, blueberry, hints of iris flower, perhaps more floral than L'Évangile and Cheval Blanc. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins plus a fine bead of acidity. Fresh and focused, this is maybe less concentrated on the mid-palate than expected but that maintains an unerring sense of equilibrium. Tensile and very smooth with an underlying sense of strict like its aforementioned neighbors. A rough decant prizes this Pomerol open and reveals its inner core of mineralité. Anyone spending less than 15 minutes tasting this Pomerol is likely to have totally missed it. Saline both on the finish and aftertaste, Marielle Cazaux has crafted one of the most intellectual La Conseillante wines in recent years.

The Vintage Journal

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par Andrew Caillard MW le 17/05/2023

Deep crimson. Intense camomile, roasted chestnut almond, musky plum, dark cherry aromas. Lovely pure dark plum, blackberry pastille fruits, fine velvetine/al dente tannins, lovely inky density and plentiful roasted almond notes. Supple and sweet with fine silky plume. Precision. Beautiful wine. 87% Merlot 13% Cabernet Franc. 14% alc

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

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par Jane Anson le 16/05/2023

Deep inky colour, crushed rose petal and peony, such a beautiful wine, with waves of blueberry and cassis fruit, along with liqourice root, lemongrass, slate and saffran, and one of the clear standout successes of Pomerol. 95% 1st wine this year, with just 5% for Duo de La Conseillante. Slow progress through the palate, this has vintage character but leans into it. 70% new oak, 3.65ph. Harvest 5 to 20.

matthewjukes.com

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par Matthew Jukes le 15/05/2023

The Wine Independent

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par Lisa Perrotti-Brown le 15/05/2023

A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 La Conseillante has a pH of 3.65 and is aging in 70% new oak. The yield was 33 hl/ha. It starts off with an opaque purple color, then POW! It explodes from the glass with a spectacular nose of rose oil, star anise, garrigue, and candied violets, giving way to a powerful core of blueberry preserves, juicy black plums, and Morello cherries, plus a waft of Sichuan pepper. The medium to full-bodied palate is bright, vibrant, and impactful, delivering layer upon layer of intense flavors with a super-plush texture and fantastic tension, finishing epically long and wonderfully perfumed. A masterpiece—brava, Marielle!

Yvesbeck.wine

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par Yves Beck le 10/05/2023

D'entrée La Conseillante annonce de la complexité, de la subtilité. Certes on lui connaît cela depuis belle lurette, néanmoins La Conseillante tient à souligner que 2022 n'a pas été une souffrance, mais bien plus une évidente résilience, que ce soit au niveau de la plante, du terroir ou des femmes et des hommes qui sont à son écoute pour la mener vers des sphères qualitatives irréprochables. L'attaque est comparable à du velours. Et pourtant, il y a moult éléments, beaucoup de fraîcheur, de puissance, de tonus et d'énergie. Belle harmonie dans ce vin où chaque élément se place avec pertinence, avec précision. C'est en finale que tout se joue, là où La Conseillante parvient à relever le défi de la fraîcheur, de la tension et de la salinité qui n'étaient pas des options en cadeau en 2022. Il a fallu aller les chercher ! Un vin brillant de précision et de saveurs.

Bettane & Desseauve

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par Bettane & Desseauve le 10/05/2023

Marielle Cazaux et son équipe ont trouvé le juste équilibre cultural et vinifié avec beaucoup de précision ce 2022 floral, empreint de coquetterie et d’une longueur délicieuse. Un bouquet magistral de violette, de pivoine et de rose poivrée précède un toucher de tannin aérien prolongé par un cœur de bouche satiné qui relance une finale d’une grande subtilité, dotée d’une persistance aromatique de grande classe.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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par Jeb Dunnuck le 10/05/2023

A wine that has perfection written all over it is the 2022 Chateau La Conseillante, which is 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc that’s still resting in 70% new French oak, with a tiny amount in amphora as well. Revealing a vivid purple hue, it offers a perfumed yet incredibly classy, almost discreet bouquet of crème de cassis, spring flowers, red plums, incense, and spice. This terroir never seems to yield the biggest, richest wine in a vintage, yet it's almost unrivaled in its ability to deliver complexity and elegance. Full-bodied on the palate, with ultra-fine tannins, flawless balance, and again, a purity of fruit that's just about off the charts, it's going to offer pleasure with just 4-6 years of bottle age (these usually enter their prime drinking window a decade after a vintage) and have 30-40 years of prime drinking. The 2022 hit 13.9% alcohol with a pH of 3.65.

Vinous

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par Antonio Galloni le 09/05/2023

The 2022 La Conseillante is simply fabulous and also clearly one of the wines of the year. Rich, racy and enveloping to the core, the 2022 is super-impressive in this tasting. In fact, the 2022 is one of the best recent vintages I can remember tasting. All the elements are so well balanced for a young wine. Readers will find a Pomerol of stature and total class. That’s all there is to it. The blend is 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. Yields were 33 hectoliters per hectare, about normal these days. For readers who appreciate technical data, the balance of 14% alcohol and 3.66pH is an example of what makes the best wines of 2022 so compelling. This is a superb showing from Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and her team. Drinking window : 2032-2052

The Wine Cellar Insider

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par Jeff Leve le 05/05/2023

If you ever wondered what a chocolate, violet smells like, check out the perfume here. Dark, almost opaque in color, the wine is pure silk, and velvet on the palate. There is a sense of luxury, as well as approachability here. Viscous, deep, and concentrated, yet, also, light, elegant, sensuous, and multi-faceted, the finish, looks at the 60 second mark, and just keeps on going. This is hedonism at its best. 2022 is at the level of the perfect 2016, if not even better. This is what rock-star wine is all about. La Conseillante lovers should be all over this wine! The wine blends 87% Merlot with 13% Cabernet Franc, with 8% press wine. 14% ABV, 3.65 pH. The harvest took place September 5 - September 20. Yields were 33 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2027-2060.

Wine Advocate

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par William Kelley le 02/05/2023

The 2022 La Conseillante is a remarkable wine that has the potential to emerge as one of the wines of the vintage. A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, it unfurls in the glass with deep aromas of black raspberries and mulberries mingled with notions of rose petals, violets, orange zest and mint. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's velvety and enveloping, with a textural attack that segues into a multidimensional mid-palate that's framed by sweet, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, saline finish. Checking in at a very healthy pH of 3.65 and 14% alcohol, it is a beautifully supple, suave wine that retains all this estate's signature elegance but in a slightly deeper-pitched and broader-shouldered format than the profound 2020. Congratulations to winemaker Marielle Cazaux, consulting enologist Thomas Duclos, the Nicolas family led by Jean-Valmy, and all the team at La Conseillante who have firmly established this estate at the very top of Pomerol's qualitative hierarchy in recent vintages.

Jamessuckling.com

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par James Suckling le 19/04/2023

This is sensational with extra fine tannins that run the length of the wine. It’s medium-bodied with excellent length and so Conseillante in nature. Silky, silky, silky. Creamy texture. Flowers such as violets at the end. Love this. 87% merlot and 13% cabernet franc.