2020 CHÂTEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Estèphe, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ

2021 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Estèphe

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Grapes Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Estèphe
Classification Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
ABV 13%

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 charming and this is easy to recommend. Another great vintage at Ormes de Pez, one of the value wines of the year. 45% new oak. Drinking range: 2023 - 2032 Rating: 93 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2022)

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The 2021 Ormes de Pez is maturated in 45% new oak. This has a fragrant nose, very well defined, in fact, perhaps more sophisticated than the Haut-Batailley at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, a little powdery in texture, touches of graphite towards the almost Pauillac-like finish. A stylish Saint-Estèphe, this is recommended. Drinking range: 2027 - 2044 Rating: 91-93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2022)

A rather tannic and structured young wine with black currant and spice with some walnut and cedar undertones. Medium body. Juicy and flavorful. Rather lean at the end. 49% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc and 5% petit verdot. Give it two or three years to soften. Rating: 92 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Jul 2024)

Warm and welcoming ruby plum in colour. Opens with undergrowth and smoked earth, a little rustic as it was En Primeur, but easily one of the most charming and good value wines of the vintage, with brambled fruits and fresh acidities that are mouthwatering rather than sharp. 45% new oak. Drinking range: 2023 - 2032 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, Decanter (Apr 2024)

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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