2021 La Conseillante
France
Pomerol
Bordeaux
Red
85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc
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Marielle Cazaux has made such an impact at La Conseillante that her name is almost inextricable from the estate. “The vintage has three key points,” she explained. “Great terroir, a hard-working team who de-leafed twice, one on the west-facing side in August, the first time we did that and efficiently sprayed using 86% organic products and thirdly, a bit of luck. We bet on the weather and we had less than expected rain. I was worried about the botrytis, but I used a lot of calcium to reinforce the skin of the grapes, so we could reach the maturity of the vintage. It is the first year I used it and seen the efficiency. But we had no mildew, and the vines were in great condition and did not suffer. It is a quintessential La Conseillante.”
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Technical Director Marielle Cazaux made one of the wines of the vintage at La Conseillante. The 2021 is a wine of precision and energy on a level I have never tasted here previously. "We deleafed pretty aggressively in July," Cazaux explained. We did a touch of saignée in the Merlot. The wines saw about 28 days on the skins. Alcohol is lower than normal, but acidity is average, probably because of warm and dry weather without excesses in September and early October. Yields were 29 hectoliters per hectare, lower than our historical average of 39-40."