2020 Château La Grave a Pomerol

Dark berries with fresh flowers and black earth. Intense violets, too. Full-bodied with very fine, creamy tannins that provide roundness to the palate, as well as gorgeous length. (05/2021)

I loved the 2020 Château La Grave, which has a wonderful freshness in its ripe red, blue, and black fruits as well as notes of tobacco leaf, chocolate, and spicy oak aromas and flavors. With medium to full-bodied richness, a round, layered mouthfeel, and ripe tannins, it's a classic Pomerol that will benefit from just short-term cellaring and keep for two decades. (03/2023)

The 2020 La Grave from Pomerol is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc and has a deep garnet-purple color. It is a little broody to begin, opening out to notes of dried Provence herbs and fertile loam, over a core of black raspberries, blackberry pie, and spiced plums. The full-bodied palate delivers an impressive quantity of black fruits, with savory accents and a slight chewiness to the texture, together with a refreshing finish. (03/2023)