Château La Conseillante Pomerol 2011 has evolved beautifully, showcasing its signature elegance and finesse. The wine is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, with aromas of raspberries, mulberries, and spring flowers, characteristic of the estate's exceptional terroir. The palate is medium-bodied with pure fruit, seamlessly integrated tannins, and a velvety, soft finish. It demonstrates the hallmark qualities of La Conseillante—floral notes of violets and subtle earthy truffles, all wrapped in a creamy, silky texture. The wine, while approachable, has a great aging potential, with a balanced structure and a long, refined finish. Drinkable now, it will continue to develop beautifully over the next decade.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 93
Published: Feb 18, 2014

This has evolved beautifully. The nose shows black truffles, berries and chocolate character. This is full-bodied, with very firm but polished tannins and a long, focused finish. Needs three to four years to soften, but a pretty, balanced wine for the vintage. 

Decanter | D 93
Published: Dec 1, 2017
Drink: 2019-2034

The market in many ways passed over the 2011 after the fanfare of 2009 and 2010, but in fact there are plenty of excellent wines from a year that was very dry from April to September with some rains during harvest, making the harvest date critical. There are dry tannins that threaten the mid-palate, but it opens up extremely prettily to reveal dark, fleshy fruits - a classically balanced, very enjoyable wine. It has great aromatics after five minutes in the glass, linear and stretched out.
Closure: Natural Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 20% Cabernet Franc 80% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 92
Published: Apr 30, 2014
Drink: 2014-2029

The quintessential elegant style of Pomerol, the 2011 La Conseillante offers copious aromas of raspberries, mulberries and spring flowers. Medium-bodied with pure fruit, seamlessly integrated tannin, acidity and wood, and a soft, velvety-textured finish, this classic effort is ethereal in its elegance and precision. Drink it over the next 10-15 years. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16.5
Published: Oct 20, 2021
Drink: 2017-2029

Tasted blind. Glowing deep garnet. Heady, opulent, seductive. Tannins have receded to leave a silky, flattering, very polished wine. But it doesn’t have amazing concentration. 

La-conseillante.com

La Conseillante, as an estate, boasts certain exceptional features. Firstly, its location is unique in the Pomerol appellation landscape where it enjoys an original mix of soils and sub-soils.

Secondly, the wines of La Conseillante, through their faithful expression of the place where they are grown and the meticulous attention lavished on them, are easily recognised by all wine lovers.

Vintage after vintage, La Conseillante’s wines are eagerly sought-after and appreciated for their extreme finesse and soft texture and their characteristic intense bouquet expressing notes of violets and truffles.

La Conseillante is a very aromatic wine with great finesse. Floral notes of peony, aromas of red berry fruit and spices mingle with violets, the inimitable hallmark floral characteristic of this wine.
The palate offers a creamy, silky texture together with wonderful freshness and soft tannins. Possessing great ageing potential, this wine, after ten years, develops aromas of black truffles, characteristic of great Merlot from the Pomerol plateau.

THE VINEYARD 
Soil composition 60% grey clay and 40% sandy gravel, resting on red (iron) clay
Grape types 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
Pruning Double and simple guyot
Planting density 7,000 vines per hectare on average
Yield 3,500 to 4,000 litres per hectare
Average age of vines 35 years

THE WINE
Harvesting At optimal phenolic ripeness, by hand, in low-capacity, open trays Sorting By hand and machine on 4 tables Winemaking process Pre-fermentary cold-maceration for 3 to 5 days, vatted for 14 to 28 days Vats 22 epoxy coated concrete tanks, fully temperature controlled Selection Vertical wine press and separate ageing of press wines

THE AGEING
Ageing 50 to 80% in new, French oak, barrels, from a number of carefully selected coopers Average length 18 months Racking using air pressure every 3 months Fining 2 to 3 fresh egg whit'sper barrel.