Pomerol

Pomerol, small but distinctive wine region in Bordeaux producing opulent and glamorous red wines dominated by the Merlot grape. Although challenged by their counterparts in its much larger neighbour st-émilion, Pomerol’s most successful wines are some of the world’s most sought after, but the glamour attaches to the labels rather than the countryside.

Pomerol is produced from a steady 800 ha/2,000 acres of vineyard on a plateau immediately north east of libourne that is as geographically unremarkable as the médoc, but without even any buildings or historical landmarks of note. A confusing network of narrow lanes connects about 150 smallholdings, most of which produce only a few thousand cases of wine a year in one of the world’s most monocultural landscapes.