Chateau Les Vieux Ormes Lalande-de-Pomerol 2021 750ml

Château Les Vieux Ormes is a 15-hectare Lalande-de-Pomerol estate that the Garde family has run for six generations, and this bottle is their 2021.

Frédéric Garde works the clay and gravel soils with oenologist Yannick Reyrel. The vines average 35 to 40 years old, and the vineyard is about 80 percent Merlot, with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon making up the rest.

The grapes are picked ripe, sorted by hand and fermented plot by plot in small temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats to keep the fruit clear. Out in the rows, the team tills the soil, pulls leaves by hand and green-harvests.

The 2021 is a juicy, savory, supple red with olives, currants and mushrooms, and it's drinking well now.

Choose Barrail Chevrol Fronsac 2020 for riper, plusher fruit; pick this when you want a savory Merlot from Pomerol's next-door appellation.

Serve it at 62 to 64°F with roast duck, mushroom tart or a simple steak. Browse more Merlot and our red Bordeaux. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery in Brooklyn, Manhattan & Queens.