La Aguilera and Hontoria

powerful and unusually robust on the refined

A completely different aromatic profile is present here with its fresh and cooler dark berry fruit scents that are liberally sprinkled with notes of wild flower and the sauvage

brooding and reticent

The caressing and strikingly well detailed middle weight flavors are impressively rich yet precise and this too evidences plenty of minerality on the powerful

Certan May Vintage:2005 La Aguilera and HontoriaThis Bordeaux wine offers an earthy, black fruit, tobacco and spice nose. Medium full bodied and with a hint of austerity, the already mature wine ends with soft dark and red fruits along with a hint of green flavors. This is not my favorite style of Pomerol due to its hard edges. This should probably be drunk up sooner than later.