Lalande de Pomerol 2012

The 2012 Castillon harvest produced wines of excellent freshness, purity and mineral precision from the clay-limestone plateau soils, with the finest estates delivering wines of real depth and character that have continued to reward cellaring. Château Montlandrie’s 2012 was praised by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate for its terrific purity, texture and equilibrium, and by Julia Harding MW, who found it restrained and savoury with an attractive severity and a firm, dry finish of genuine character. Montlandrie is the Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux estate of the late Denis Durantou, celebrated owner of Château L’Église-Clinet in Pomerol, who purchased and assembled four neighbouring properties into a single 12-hectare estate between 2009 and 2011. Its name means hill of windmills in the old local dialect. Denis passed away in 2020 and the estate is now run with great passion by his daughters Constance, Noémie and Alix. The 2012 blend is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc on clay-limestone soils, aged in 30% new French oak.