Popped open one of these last night (Chateau de Sales, Pomerol) as we had some lovely cheese from Neals Yard to polish off and this plush Pomerol went very well with them. Interestingly, this was the first "serious" wine that I ever bought, if I remember correctly it was from Majestic (the wine shop) in around 1996. I remember at the time it felt hugely expensive and exotic as at the time (you had to buy 12 bottles in those days) it was £10 a bottle. Now it's a fraction under £30 which I guess isn't too bad for roughly 30 years of inflation, anyway, it was a great wine (for the price), Merlot dominated (as most Pomerol's are) smooth and silky with a moreish red fruit upfront attack that fills the mouth and then a shallow curve of a finish that lasts half a minute. Recommended.
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