Description
Some of Bordeaux’s top names have recognised the potential of Pomerol's neighbour, Fronsac. Its wines can be a touch more rustic than those of Pomerol and Saint Emilion, but with a characteristic freshness and appealing tannic bite.
Château Gromel Bel Air lies just beyond the Fronsac boundary, on a very similar terroir and boasts some of the area's highest vineyards. Hence its Bordeaux Supérieur status. The limestone soils bring out a dense fruit character in the Merlot and are also good for Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cuvée Eva is named after the owner’s daughter, a wine from a tiny plot of vines. From a top vintage, it was aged a year in oak to gain elegant notes of vanilla that balance the wealth of ripe black fruit. Decant early or cellar.
For John Lehmann, writing in The Australian, this:"…benefits hugely from early decanting, after which you can breathe in aromas of pencil shavings, ferrous notes, blackcurrant and vanilla. The palate is all about lovely soft fruit – blackberry and blackcurrant, plus hints of earthiness balanced by some guiding acidity."
