The Pomerol region, one of the smallest wine-growing regions in Bordeaux, is totally flat. Not a valley or even a small hill on the horizon. But it can boast of having prestigious names like Pétrus, or La Conseillante. It is also the place where the yield is one of the lowest per hectare.
The particularity of Pomerol comes from its terroir: the soils of the plateau are mainly composed of clay, which gives the wine its elegant roundness, and its subsoil contains the famous "crasse de fer" to which the wine owes its truffle aroma after years of cellar ageing.
The great Pomerols are modern red wines, already promising in their youth, and which have the same ageing potential as the good Médoc's.