2018 Ch Rouget Pomerol - 6x75cl
06B8ROUG6PK _ 2018 - Ch Rouget Pomerol - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Rouget
  • Region Pomerol
  • Drinking 2026 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2018 - Ch Rouget Pomerol - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Rouget
  • Region Pomerol
  • Drinking 2026 - 2040
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £235.24 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £39.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £180.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2019, Score: 90-92

    Deep opaque colour with masses of sweet dark fruit on the nose. On the palate this has striking intensity with a central line of controlling tannins. There is a volume of fruit which sits underneath, a little closed at this stage, but with the potential to evolves and unfurl in time.

  • Antonio Galloni, May 2019, Score: 91-94

    The 2018 Rouget is plush, flamboyant and exotically beautiful. Super ripe black cherry, chocolate, new leather, licorice and cloves are all amped up. Sumptuous fruit and silky, polished tannins add to its considerable appeal. Although not especially subtle, Rouget is very beautiful in 2018. It will appeal most to readers who enjoy big, rich wines. This full-throttle Pomerol is a real star in 2018. Tasted three times.

  • Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 91-93

    Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 Rouget sports quite a lot of oak at this stage, opening out to lively red and black plums notes and notions of baked cherries, blueberry compote and dried mulberries plus wafts of raisin cake, tree bark and bouquet garni. Full and concentrated, with a firm, fine-grained frame, it fills the palate with berry preserves and offers plenty of spicy and earthy nuances on the long finish.

  • James Suckling, April 2019, Score: 96-97

    This young wine really sings with a level of purity and precision that I’ve never seen from here. Medium to full body, ultra fine tannins and beautiful red-berry and floral character at the end.

  • Decanter, April 2019, Score: 93

    An excellent Rouget this year -there is perhaps the slightest trace of heat on the attack, but it disappears into the body of the wine, and this is really rather lovely. When you think back to this wine even in good vintages like 2009, it didn't have the flesh on the bones that it has today. It’s even more impressive that the weight has been gained without sacrificing balance – a great job from Edouard Labruyère, 3.4pH. Tasted on multiple occasions. Drinking Window 2026 - 2040

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2019, Score: 17.5+

    Organic, in conversion to biodynamic. Tart and hard, this is a mineral-led wine with a sour edge to it which needs time to soften, but there is good blackberry fruit here and the oak is well-judged. This is the finest young Rouget I have tasted and it will develop slowly, and blossom into a beautiful wine.

  • Julia Harding, April 2019, Score: 16.5

    Very dark black-cherry colour. Sweet vanilla-laced black fruit, nicely stony/dusty to balance the sweet blueberry fruit. Extremely smooth, polished and rounded and a touch of vanilla sweetness on the finish. Drink 2023-2030

Producer

Château Rouget

The necessary investment to this estate came when the Labruyère family bought the estate from the Francois-Jean Brochet in 1992. This estate sits in the most northerly part of the appellation of Pomerol on very sandy soil. The vineyards stretch to 18 hectares, comprising 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc vines, with an average age of 28 years. Fermentation occurs in temperature controlled stainless steel vats, before malola...Read more

The necessary investment to this estate came when the Labruyère family bought the estate from the Francois-Jean Brochet in 1992. This estate sits in the most northerly part of the appellation of Pomerol on very sandy soil. The vineyards stretch to 18 hectares, comprising 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc vines, with an average age of 28 years. Fermentation occurs in temperature controlled stainless steel vats, before malolactic fermentation and barrel ageing in one third new barrels per year.Château Rouget wines were traditional and rustically styled - characteristics which have been maintained under the new ownership, but recently have also displayed increased concentration and suppleness. This may be due to the recent addition (1997) of Michel Rolland, as consultant. Nevertheless the wines, qualitatively, are on an upward trajectory.Read less

Region

Pomerol

The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.

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