Rouget Pomerol - 2005 (750ml) Valcourt with lovely rich fruit and

with lovely rich fruit and a long finish

sweet toasty oak

but this wine comes close to perfection for my palate

a bright beam of cherry-tinged toasty flavors shining through the lively finish

the alcohol is slightly lower than achieved in 2002

Rouget Pomerol - 2005 (750ml) Valcourt with lovely rich fruit andThe Burgundy firm of Jacques Prieur, who now owns this Pomerol estate, has fashioned an outstanding 2005 from one of the less prestigious terroirs of the appellation. It is a richly fruit, exuberant, flamboyant wine offering a sensual display of black cherries, sandy, loamy soil, subtle herbs, and spice. Lusciously textured with no astringency, it can be consumed now and over the next 10 12 years. Robert Parker 90 points