Château au Pont de Guitres

Château Pont de Guitres lies in Lalande-de-Pomerol, the appellation immediately north of Pomerol itself and long the sensible drinker's route to that famously expensive postcode. The soils are gravel and clay, the blend Merlot-led with Cabernet Franc. Silky, aromatic and concentrated, it delivers a good deal of the Pomerol character for a fraction of the Pomerol price.