La Violette Magnum 2018

La Violette Magnum 2018

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  • Vinous rating 94
  • Robert Parker rating 93
La Violette Magnum 2018
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HED55015

150 cl

14.5%
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An elegant Pomerol from Château La Violette offering up an exquisite 100% Merlot from the small 1.6ha estate, here is a wine that will continue to age in bottle. As respected wine critic James Suckling puts it, "The nose is floral at first, showing violets and notes of graphite, spice and smoke. Complex and deep. It’s medium-to full-bodied with a gorgeous, velvety texture, elegant tannins and a clean, savoury and very long finish." Sold in glorious magnum format.
94 Vinous
The 2018 La Violette is a Pomerol that felt tight when I tasted it from barrel, and now in bottle, there is still something uncharacteristically reserved. However, that does not disguise the wonderful raspberry and wild strawberry fruit that gradually unfolds. Lo and behold, after 12 hours, this is singing. The palate is very well balanced with slightly tarry black fruit and a fine bead of acidity. Quite taut and linear but with good weight and palpable mineralité on the finish. La Violette has gained more intellect and complexity in recent vintages and though I do not believe this is the greatest ever produced, it is a superb wine for the vintage that may merit a higher score with bottle age. Neal Martin21st March 2021
93 Robert Parker
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 La Violette slowly emerges from the glass with wafts of dried flowers, Chinese five spice and cedar chest before erupting into vivacious notes of plum preserves, baked blackberries and black cherry compote, plus hints of licorice and iodine. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers mouth-coating black fruit preserves with a spicy undercurrent and grainy tannins, finishing with the freshness in the background and a dogged suggestion of unmarried oak. In something of an ugly-duckling stage, there`s enough going on here to warrant forgetting it in the cellar for 5-7 years, after which it should all come together beautifully. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

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