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Ormes de Pez 2015

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > St Estèphe
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

What a lovely nose! The blackberry, smoke and earthy notes are beautifully interwoven — then there’s an equally impressive harmony of full, plush tannins and some real concentration. Needs until 2020 to give its best, but it's got many years ahead of it beyond that.

94
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, February 2018

Tasted blind. Bright crimson. Curranty nose and then rather simple and dilute on the palate. Some St-Estèphe stoniness underneath.
Drink 2024-2035

16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2019

Smoky and fragrant the nose has lots of charm with a mix of fresh fruits. The black fruits on the palate are sweet and ripe mid fleshiness depth of flavour the fruit underpinned by fine subtle tannins. The finish has depth and ripeness.

90/92
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2016

This doesn’t have the structure of some vintages - no bad thing for people who find St.
Estèphe a little chewy - but it’s soft, spicy and plummy with attractive oak and good texture
on the palate. Drink: 2020-26

91
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2016

Scented, pure, bright and rather inviting, this is a very pretty wine with some obvious red fruit softening the palate and
lightening the mood. It is nice to see the tension on the finish doesn’t detract from the whole allowing the wine to work
its magic relatively unencumbered. Good, stylish and fresh, this is a lip-smacking wine.

17+
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2016
Read more tasting notes...

The 2015 Les Ormes de Pez is a blend of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot that is being matured in 45% new oak. It has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry and bilberry fruit, although compared to recent vintages, it does not quite possess the same fruit intensity, feels just a little muted at this stage. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, nicely balanced though a little angular at the moment. It needs just a bit more fruit to fill out the final third. Give this 4-5 years of bottle age and you will have a decent, if not top-tier Les Ormes de Pez. Drink 2020-2035

87/89
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (224), April 2016

A solid and chewy red with blackberry and black currant character. Full body, chewy tannins. Fresh finsih.

91/92
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2016

Light and fresh and only sightly austere but very true. Super-correct with nicely managed tannins and a bone-dry finish. Not a very long term wine but GV?
Drink 2024-2034

17-
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2017

Very deep crimson. Mild but well-balanced aroma. Just a little lean on the palate. Not quite the drive of the best wines of the appellation. Steady Eddy of a wine. Marked acid on the end.
Drink 2023-2030

16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2016
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