91

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2015 La Violette has a compact, minty bouquet with vivacious red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit, marmalade and a touch of smoke. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and menthol-tinged black fruit. Its saccharine finish mellows after ten minutes, mustering more freshness and tension. Yet it is still way below how this Pomerol performed six years ago. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners. 02/2025

96+

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The 2015 La Violette is medium to deep garnet-purple with fragrant scents of potpourri, dried lavender, bouquet garni and cigar boxes over a core of warm plums, blueberry compote and cassis plus a waft of underbrush. Full-bodied, rich and opulent in the mouth and packed with black fruit and spice layers, it's framed with a firm yet velvety structure and oodles of freshness, finishing long. Februar 2018

98

James Suckling

James Suckling

Very attractive and vibrant purple berries, dark cherries, blueberries, fresh earth and violets on the nose. This is a pretty wine with real purpose. The palate delivers a sleeve of perfectly ripe dark-plum and blueberry flavors and makes a deep-set impression via succulent, lustrous tannins that roll smooth and deep. Fresh, earthy finish. Superb wine. Try from 2024. Dezember 2018