WineRegionsOld WorldFranceBordeauxLibour.
Passing through Pomerol which is small and rural, with dilapidated farmhouses at every turn, few true chateaux and no really splendid ones, the traveler cannot fail to wonder how this tiny and uninspiring area can produce these magnificent wines whose softness makes them popular all over the world. The prosperity of recent years has enabled these properties to indulge in a bit more than just an extra lick of paint, but renovation can only restore, not create, and it essentially remains an area with an air of obscurity. Even Chateau Petrus, the greatest growth of Pomerol and probably the most expensive wine in the world is nothing more than a simple farmhouse. It is interesting to reflect that, if this revered wine had achieved its current reputation and phenomenal price under the nouveau aristocracy of the First Empire, the finest architect in France would have been summoned to the backwoods of Libourne to construct a magnificent chateau as an eternal monument to its glorious success.