Château La Pointe 2009 AOC POMEROLThe color is strong, brilliant, dense with purple reflections. Aromatically, the wine has a very beautiful maturity of black fruits, we find blackberry, bigarreau cherry, toasted and spicy notes. The tannins are smooth, spherical, elegant and racy. The finish presents a nice tension highlighting the sappy character of the vintage

The robe is deep red with purple reflections

2010 is superbly defined and remarkably straightforward

This harmonious whole is prolonged by a racy

with vatting and extraction by gravity

The high temperatures in May were conducive to early and rapid flowering and fruit set

the weather alternated between unsettled spells with rain and dry

Cabernet Sauvignon (very concentrated with remarkably mature tannins) shares the blend with 24% Merlot

The wine has weight and displays tannins of exemplary finesse and maturity

But in 2009

91 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate :  This wine now exhibits the evolved

The finish is balanced

Château-Figeac enjoys an exceptional location on the western edge of the appellation