CHÂTEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ
2014 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Estèphe
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| District | Left Bank |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Estèphe |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel |
| ABV | 14% |
This has a grown-up, elegant feel to it. Still quite tight at this stage and not showy in anyway. Oak is quite pronounced, but there is lots of good, deep, fine fruit too. Very poised, a savoury note - this may take a moment to unravel, but looks good for a sophisticated, fun future. 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Only 45% New Oak. Rating: 90 L&S (Apr 2015)
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The 2014 Ormes de Pez showed less well than expected in the previous Southwold tasting six years earlier. This is a completely different kettle of fish. It has a well-defined nose with fresh, marine-tinged black fruit, hints of tobacco and pressed flowers emerging with time. This is delineation and full of energy. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, impressive depth and structure, yet it maintains freshness with a black olive and saline finish that gets the saliva flowing. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. Drinking range: 2024 - 2044 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2024)
Corked during the main Bordeaux Index tasting, so I opened a bottle that I had at home. A wine to sink into and share, one of the best values in this line up and very easy to recommend. Expect blackberry and loganberry fruit, fragrant and brambled showcasing the ripeness that was acheiveable in St Estèphe in the 20014 vintage. No need to wait too long, although it will continue to age, enjoy the mint leaf and fennel waves that unwind with the fruit. Fresh acidities, juicy finish. 45% new oak. Harvest September 29 to October 10. Drinking range: 2024 - 2032 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, Decanter (Feb 2024)
Easily a contender for best value St Estèphe, Ormes de Pez is owned by the Cazes family and delivers exceptional consistency. Balanced, relatively low alcohol, this is still pretty young and closed with firm tannins (I just had the 2009 vintage of this wine and it is joyful, so I would give this one another few years). There is punch here, with brambled autumnal blackberry and raspberry fruits, fragrant raspberry leaf, mint leaf and cherry tomato... all suggesting that acdities are fresh, but with character and charm. 45% new oak. Harvest September 29 to October 10. Drinking range: 2022 - 2032 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, Decanter (Oct 2022)
Château Les Ormes de Pez
Château Les Ormes-de-Pez (French for The Elms of Pez) is a winery in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of the Bordeaux wine region of France, near the hamlet of Pez. The wine produced here was classified as one of 9 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnels in the 2003 listing. Though this classification is currently annulled, it is expected to be revived by the 2009 vintage, but without use of the quality divisions such as "exceptionnel". The Château and buildings date from 1792, constructed after the division and sale of Château de Pez as a result of the French Revolution. During the 19th century it was owned by Marcel Alibert, also the owner of Château Belgrave, until it was sold in 1927 to the Société Civile du Haut Médoc. Financial trouble forced the estate to be sold on to Jean-Charles Cazes in 1930, who passed it on to his son André Cazes. To date the estate is owned by the Cazes family, also owners of Château Lynch-Bages. For many years the vinification took place at Lynch-Bages, but the cuvier and chai of Ormes-de-Pez were modernised before the 1981 vintage. After a long period of management by Jean-Michel Cazes, he has been succeeded by his son Jean-Charles Cazes. The vineyard area, divided into two blocks north and south of the village of Saint-Estèphe, extends 33 hectares (82 acres), with the grape varieties of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. The annual production of the Grand vin Château Ormes de Pez is typically 15,000 cases.
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2008 CHÂTEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Estèphe
Bordeaux France 13% Red
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Amazing glass-coating purple to black colour. Wonderful fruit is the main impression - damsons, very pure coulis de fruit style, harmonious while still taut, smoky cassis, fresh and pure and long. Looks to be another sen...(read more)
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2021 CHÂTEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Estèphe
Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Half-bottles
This has punch and mouth-watering juicy acidities. Cheerful, enticing, blackberry and loganberry fruits, and all is in place to add on further depth over ageing. There is rusticity that speaks of the vintage, but it is c...(read more)
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