2009 Château Le Bon Pasteur
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James Suckling
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The 2009 Le Bon Pasteur is a wine that I have never quite warmed up to as much as expected since an impressive showing from barrel. It has a refined bouquet with slightly earthy red fruit and rose petals though, unusually for this growth, it is missing a little horsepower. The palate is medium-bodied with light grainy tannin, a little "aloof" with an attenuated spicy finish but it does improve in the glass. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
Tasted blind. Blackish crimson. Mid weight of menthol on the nose. Dusty finish as though the fruit were rather raisined. Dry finish. Needs a bit more juice. (JR)
Thick and dense. A tad bitter on the finish. Severe and a bit drying. (JR)
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.