Pomerol
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- For the town in the Drôme département, see Pommerol.
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Commune of Pomerol |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Libourne |
| Canton | Libourne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Libournais |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 7 m–39 m (avg. 30 m) |
| Land area¹ | 6.24 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
848 |
| - Density | 135/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 33328/ 33500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Pomerol is a village and wine growing region (AOC) in France. It is a commune of the Gironde département, located near Bordeaux.
[edit] Wine
The mostly small-sized producers in this area of about 7.60 km² produce plummy, generous, long lived red wines. As in the neighbouring appellation of St Emilion, the predominant grape variety used is Merlot, often together with Cabernet Franc and smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon. Unlike other Bordeaux regions, there is no official ranking or classification system for the wines in Pomerol. However despite this, wines such as Château Pétrus and Château Le Pin are considered the equal of, and will command similarly high prices to, the classified first growths of the Médoc and Saint-Émilion such as Château Latour and Château Cheval Blanc.
The next-door and slightly larger "satellite" appellation of Lalande de Pomerol produces similar but simpler wines, which are less long lived and more affordable.
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