The 2019 vintage in Pomerol
Vintage benchmark: 95/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pomerol. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
(tasted in 2020)
The depth of the ruby red colour indicates a wide and generous wine. At first, the bouquet is all about black fruits and opens out on very soft and sweet spices. The freshness of the mouth and the finesse of the tannins make the wine very silky, and the crunchy mouth in the middle will be quite surprising. It is a lively wine that will reveal itself a little bit more every time you taste it.
The vintage
The vintages ending with a 9 have always had a particular flavour for the winemakers. And we are pleased to see that 2019 is no exception. Surely, it has been far from relaxing, and we've had to deal with chaotic weather conditions that enforced us, even more than in the past, to adopt an "haute couture" philosophy in each of our decisions. After a smooth blooming in the beginning of June, a very hot summer followed, alternating periods of severe droughts and beneficial rains, and allowed an exciting ripening of these small concentrated and juicy berries on both Merlot and Cabernet vines. The harvest began on September 17th, under an even more rigorous and detailed protocol that allowed us to collect grapes with a perfect ripeness in each parcel. The fermentations in barrels ("vinification intégrale") or wooden vats passed off smoothly with, from the beginning, a purity of the fruit and an elegance of tannins that have subjugated us. This will, undoubtedly, be a great vintage for Rouget.
Blend of the 2019 vintage
- 85 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2019 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 85 % merlot, 15 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2019 sheet
- 14.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 40 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Vinification: 40% barrel fermentation, 60% oak vats.
Ageing
Ageing: 30% new barrels.
Terroir
Gravelly soils mixed with clay. This soil composition, combined with an exceptional exposure, confers all the typicity, elegance and finesse to Château Rouget wines.
An offer on Château Rouget 2019
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Texts and documents 2019
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Visuals
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