Benjamin de Beauregard Pomerol

Tasting rich and refined Right Bank Bordeaux is a wonderful pleasure. But this pleasure often comes at a price. Often at a rather extreme price. That’s why it’s amazing to find this tiny gem of a winery, buried in the heart of the Right Bank – Pomerol – surrounded by the likes of Cheval Blanc, Le Pin, and Petrus but at a crazy affordable price point. In a land of four-digit-priced bottles, here’s a, yes, unheard of winery, but offering unheard of value: Chateau Beauregard’s Benjamin de Beauregard. . Beauregard dates back to the 11th century and the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, from which Beauregard’s emblematic Knights Templar cross originates. Active in the Pomerol region as a crossroads, check point, hospital and manor, the Knights farmed these lands and provide safe loggings for travelers. It was on this site, five centuries later, that the Beauregard family built the first house on the estate and planted vines. From there, sadly, the estate goes