Le Bon Pasteur座落在Pomerol和St. Emilion的交界處,莊名“Le Bon Pasteur” 是取自聖經裡的「善牧者」之意。1920年左右Joseph和Hermine Dupuy夫婦買下了這個莊園的基礎部分,之後他們的下一代Geneviève 和Serge Rolland又陸續買下一些葡萄園,在1955年達到現今的規模。其中Chateau Le Bon Pasteur有6.62公頃,種植Pomerol典型的Merlot(80%)和Cabernet Franc(20%),平均樹齡超過40歲,有些甚至超過50、60歲。2008年份起,Le Bon Pasteur啟用了新的特別釀造方式:在人工篩選葡萄之後,直接將顆粒完整的葡萄裝到橡木桶中,每桶裝入250公斤的葡萄,然後每天以人工轉動木桶促進葡萄汁充分萃取顏色和香味,然後是25到30天的靜置期,整個浸皮發酵期長達40到60天;發酵是採用葡萄上的天然酵母。這樣特別的釀造法釀出非常獨特迷人的香味,而且口感圓柔細膩。
WA:91 Drink Date: 2020 - 2035
The 2014 Bon Pasteur was tasted twice. The bottle at the UGC did not show its best, but a second in Pomerol was much better with clean and pure brambly red fruit on the nose laced with sandalwood and truffle. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannin, a "cool" Pomerol that has a little greenness towards the finish (which I noticed out of barrel). I actually appreciate this more classic style of Bon Pasteur, though it will benefit from a couple of years in bottle.