Grape vs. Place. Wine classification can be confusing — categorization and branding changes dramatically from one region to another. For example, the Old World tends to identify wines by place, while the New World tends to use grape varietal. It seems a minor shift, but it has enormous implications for the way people perceive wines.
Call a wine Merlot and noses turn up (thanks, Sideways). Call the wine Pomerol, and you’ve suddenly caught our attention. To us, Pomerol is proof that great wine can be made from Merlot. Today’s offer is for the 2004 Chateau La Clemence Pomerol. Call it what you like – it’s an extraordinary bottle of wine.
#pomerol At 11 years old, this bottle predates iPhones, Twitter, Podcasts, and YouTube; but it’s as vibrant today as any of these younger technologies. With age it has traded extraction and power for finesse and texture. Chateau Clemence is nearly 100% Merlot, and the project of Christian Dauriac, owner of Chateaux Destieux and Montlisse.
After a decade in the bottle this wine has softened considerably, with roasted cherry jam in the nose, and a long, soft, velvety mouthfeel. There’s a purity of fruit, which integrates beautifully into the wine’s now-present secondary elements. Serve this with very fine veal cutlets in a reduction sauce; nobody will even think to ask what grape it is.
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CLEMENCE Pomerol
Ansonia Retail: $90
offer price: $68/bot
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AVAILABLE IN 3- 6- AND 12- BOTTLE LOTS
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