2024 Le Bon Pasteur
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Ripe black cherries, smoky oak, graphite, and chocolaty notes all emerge from the 2024 Château Le Bon Pasteur, an undeniable success in the vintage. Based on 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, it brings medium to full-bodied richness, a round, layered, lush mouthfeel, terrific mid-palate depth, and sweet tannins. Aged 15 months in French oak (50% new), it has nicely integrated background oak, and while it will drink well right out of the gate, it's going to age gracefully as well.
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Good quality, this is one to look out for, plum and damson fruits, cocoa bean, 50% new oak. 35 hl/ha, Julien Viaud consultant, this has stripped back the amount of oak while retaining the signature of the estate, and some Pomerol plushness. No need to wait too long, thoroughly enjoyable.
The 2024 Le Bon Pasteur is terrific. Creamy and layered, with fine persistence, Le Bon Pasteur is quite impressive in 2024. All the elements are so well balanced. Dark red cherry, menthol, spice, cedar and pipe tobacco all build in this highly attractive, open-knit Pomerol. Of course, Le Bon Pasteur is a very distinctive Pomerol in that many of the parcels are in Saint-Émilion's Corbin sector but are authorized for use as Pomerol. The 2024 is a total delight. Consulting Winemaker Julien Viaud continues to do important work in updating Le Bon Pasteur to a more contemporary style. What a delight. Tasted three times.
The 2024 Le Bon Pasteur, aged in 50% new oak, has a well-defined bouquet with mainly black fruit, pressed flowers and just a bit of iodine. The palate is rounded on the entry with pliant tannins. This is not a complex Le Bon Pasteur and is shorter than other vintages, but it retains focus and should drink well for up to a decade.
About the producer
Famed winemaking consultant Michel Rolland is synonymous with this estate. The vines here were purchased by his grandparents and he ran the property from 1979. Although Rolland still makes the wine today, he sold the estate in 2013.