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Jeb Dunnuck: Deep purple-hued, the 2025 Château La Violette has a gorgeous nose of ripe red, blue, and black fruits as well as spicy herbs, chocolate, and graphite. Based on 100% Merlot that will spend 14 months in new barrels, it's rich and concentrated on the palate, medium to full-bodied, with ripe, polished tannins and a great finish. This ultra-classic, pure, seductive, incredibly impressive Pomerol will certainly play with the top wines in the vintage. It's the finest wine I've tasted from this château in some time. Bravo."
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Decanter: Fruity and fresh but also perfumed, heady and layered. The flavours are super intense with blackcurrants, violets, liquorice, rose petals, plums and vanilla but the texture is smooth and sleek with plenty of juicy appeal. Certainly less oak impacted at this point than other En Primeur samples. Elegant with purity on offer. A strong backbone but lovely styling."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Buttrige Noten, Schwarzkirsche, Holunder, Tannenreisig, Veilchenpastille. Der straffe, spannungsreiche Gaumen ist sehr dicht mit einem körnigen, leicht trockenen Gerbstoff besetzt, erreicht ein hohes Intensitätslevel und hält das Spannungsplateau lange, die Fruchtbegleitung ist gut, die MIneralität eindringlich und lang anhaltend. Sehr homogen."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: The wine's trademark scents of violets come through loud and clear in the perfume, along with cherries, cocoa, licorice, espresso, truffles, and plums. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, hedonistic, lush, and fresh. The creamy tannins in the fruit-packed finish deliver a warm, sensuous, polished finish. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2055."
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Jane Anson: This estate has a clear signature, and they are extremely consistent in sticking to it. Rich texture, peony, rose petals, iris flowers, this is attractive, skilfully put together, juicy finish, plenty of character, cocoa bean, incense, holds grip and interest, skilfully assembled. Vignobles Parent."
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 La Violette is a touch closed and oaky to begin, soon unfurling to reveal notes of juicy plums, blueberry preserves, and tar, followed by hints of lavender and licorice. The full-bodied palate is dense with black fruit preserves layers, supported by fine-grained tannins and a lively line, finishing long and perfumed."
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James Suckling: Dark and brooding, with focused tannins that are polished and integrated, balanced by a lovely expression of fruit and freshness that pulls everything into place."
