Buying Pomerol in the UK :: my favourite French red wine

Buying Pomerol in the UK, my favourite French red wine, requires careful selection from the small selection of importers of this fabulous deep red wine.

When I think of Pomerol my mind goes back to some of the best wine drinking experiences of my life. It's a rich and gentle wine. Deep red in colour (an archetypal claret), but not too acidic. It also does not tend to have too much tannin which can be off putting for so many wine drinkers. It is just one of the nicest red wines I have ever had the pleasure of drinking, stirring evocative memories of good times, visiting great places.

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Pomerol is one of those wines that is complemented and complements food in a quite magical fashion. Cheeses in particular as well as rich dinners with red meat, venison, and pheasant I have found go particularly well with this wine though personally I am quite happy to drink it just for the pleasure of its own qualities.

As the winter nights draw in the pleasure of receiving a delivery of a dozen great wines while you get to sit with your feet up in front of the fire eating toasted muffins, reading a good novel is indescribable!

Remember, it's worth letting Pomerol breath, and don't forget to pop down to the cheese shop well in advance so you can have some Camembert and Brie on hand that has had a chance to ripen. I have often thought Pomerol is a kind of fighting wine, it takes on the challenge of strongly flavoured cheese and creates a sort of magical influx of flavours, that other lesser wines just can't compete with. In a word, sublime!

I've been traipsing around the web finding wines that I particularly like, and at long last found some decent Pomerol.

Château Petit Village, Pomerol 1998 - A ravishing beauty oozing luscious berry fruit out of every pore. Pomerol at its silky smooth best.

Château L` Evangile, Pomerol 1997 - A truly brilliant Pomerol that gives a very high reading on the pleasure-gauge.

Château L`Evangile, Pomerol 1998 - A truly stupendous Pomerol that ranks among the finest wines of the vintage.

What is Pomerol?

Pomerol is a fantastic wine grown in the ancient and excellent, in terms of wine making, scenery and pedigree, Bordeaux region of France. Bordeaux is located in the South West of France close to the coast and the premier wine trading port of Bordeaux. Bordeaux is the largest 'good vintage' district in the world. Pomerol is one of the best of the red wine 'appellations' (wine growing areas) within the Bordeaux district.

Pomerol lies about 40 kilometers ( approximately 25 miles) to the east of Bordeaux. Along the banks of the beautiful Dordogne River. The area is practically exclusively given over to wine production. There is no real village centre in Pomerol just scattered Chateauxs and vineyards.

Chateau's are the term used for vineyards in Bordeaux and each chateau can produce between 10 to 1000 barrels of wine. These Chateaus are not always large houses, some of them, particularly in the Pomerol area are just everyday houses but it is the name given to the produce of an individual vineyard producing wine in the area. Bordeaux wines are not usually ready to drink for at least two years after the wine has been bottled, and sometimes they are not ready for twenty years. They are therefore wines that many experts buy in small quantities and in bulk for laying down in their dusty wine cellars.

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Pomerol is quite a young appellation in the Bordeaux stable yet it is one of its brightest stars. The Romans first grew vines in the Pomerol region but for many years its wines were not known for their excellence. However times change and today Pomerol is one of the finest and most expensive of the Bordeaux vintages.

I've been making a list of the wine making regions within France, both for red and white French wines. If you spot any special areas that are missing please drop me a line.

Bordeaux

Barsac
Cadillac
Canon-Fronsac
Cerons
Cote de Bourg
Cotes de Blaye
Cotes de Bourg
Cotes de Castillon
Entre-deux-Mers
Fronsac
Graves
Haut-Medoc
Lalande-de-Pomerol
Listrac-Medoc
Loupiac
Lussac-St-Emilion
Margaux
Medoc
Montagne-St-Emilion
Moulis
Non Regional
Pauillac
Pessac-Leognan
Pomerol
Premieres Cotes de Blaye
Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Puisseguin-St-Emilion
Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux
Sauternes
Ste-Croix-du-Mont
St-Emilion - Saint Emilion
St-Estephe
St-Julien

Burgundy

Aloxe-Corton
Auxey-Duresses
Batard-Montrachet
Beaune
Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet
Bonnes-Mares
Bouzeron
Chablis
Chambertin
Chambolle-Musigny
Chapelle-Chambertin
Charmes-Chambertin
Chassagne-Montrachet
Chevalier-Montrachet
Chorey-les-Beaune
Clos de la Roche
Clos de Vougeot
Corton
Corton-Charlemagne
Cote Chalonnaise
Cote de Beaune
Cote d'Or
Cotes de Nuits
Echezeaux
Fixin
Gevrey-Chambertin
Givry
Hautes Cotes de Beaune
Hautes Cotes de Nuits
La Tache
Ladoix
Maconnais
Marsannay
Mercurey
Meursault
Montagny
Monthelie
Montrachet
Morey-St-Denis
Musigny
Non Regional
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-St-Georges
Pernand-Vergelesses
Petit Chablis
Pommard
Pouilly-Fuisse
Puligny-Montrachet
Richebourg
Romanee-Conti
Romanee-Saint-Vivant
Rully
Santenay
Savigny-les-Beaune
St Aubin
St-Bris
St-Romain
St-Veran
Volnay
Vosne-Romanee
Vougeot

Rhone

Ardeche
Beaumes-de-Venise
Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Clairette de-Die
Condrieu
Cornas
Cote Rotie
Coteaux de Pierrevert
Coteaux du Tricastin
Cotes du Luberon
Cotes du Rhone
Cotes du Rhone-Villages
Cotes du Ventoux
Cotes du Vivarais
Crozes-Hermitage
Gigondas
Hermitage
Lirac
Non Regional
Rasteau
St-Joseph
St-Peray
Tavel
Vacqueyras

Loire

Anjou
Anjou-Saumur
Bonnezeaux
Bourgueil
Cheverny
Chinon
Coteaux du Layon
Cotes Roannaises
Menetou-Salon
Montlouis
Muscadet
Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine
Non Regional
Pays Nantais
Pouilly Fuisse
Pouilly-Fume
Quarts-de-Chaume
Quincy
Reuilly
Sancerre
Saumur
Saumur-Champigny
Savennieres
St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Touraine
Vouvray

Other French wine growing regions:

Alsace
Beaujolais
Bergerac
Charente
Corsica
Champagne
Languedoc-Roussillon
Jura
Provence
Non Regional
South West
Savoie

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