Château Monregard la Croix Pomerol 2020

Deep rich colour, from a block of sandy-clay soils at the bottom of the Clos du Clocher vineyard, with old Merlot vines of around 45-50 years. A flash of heat on the opening beats, but it is well balanced by the rich black fruits and fresher raspberry and redcurrant, along with cocoa bean and graphite. Low sulphur additions throughout winemaking and at bottling, native yeasts, organic conversion that began officially in 2021 but was already across the entire estate in 2020.