Winemaker Notes
The Château Tournefeuille vineyard comprises 18 hectares of grapevines, grouped around the château and its cellars and offering a fabulous array of hillside wines.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
This is a good Lalande de Pomerol, there are big tannins as you find in many wines in this region in 2020, but this has real juice and precision behind it, and is an excellent wine. Expect bitter chocolate and espresso shots on the finish but backed up by bilberry and cassis.
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Wine Enthusiast
Overlooking the Pomerol plateau, this small property is rich with tannins and spice. The wine is still structured and young—a ripe wine, packed with Merlot juiciness. It will be ready to drink from 2026.
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James Suckling
This has aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, dark chocolate and black olives. Medium-bodied and creamy with firm, supple tannins. Focused and dark-fruited. Drink from 2024.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Tournefeuille offers aromas of black cherry, graphite, spice, black pepper and green pepper, followed by a medium to full-bodied texture on the palate and rich, structured tannins as well as a sappy finish. This is an exuberant wine, made to be enjoyed over the next decade.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
On the northern border of the acclaimed Pomerol region, Lalande de Pomerol is an incredible source of impressive Merlot-based wines, but at a fraction of the price compared to its southern neighbor. The region has the potential to offer the same concentration of the finest in Pomerol, but typically not without a touch of appealing rusticity.