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2015 Château Ormes de Pez, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Merlot (49%), Cabernet Sauvignon (44%), Cabernet Franc (6%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2021 - 2042)
Jancis Robinson MW
16/20
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
78/100
Steven Spurrier
90/100
James Suckling
91-92/100
Product: 20158007326

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2015 Château Ormes de Pez, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

This is a lively deep crimson colour and feels full and sweet. There is a lovely core of fruit, with velvety tannins and large acidity. There is an enticing nose with full, dense, dark fruit. The creamy red fruit finish is ever so delicious.

The succulent palate effortlessly combines the powerful character of St Estèphe with extraordinary finesse. This wine is surely going to be one of the bargains of the vintage.

Blend: 49% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - youthful (2021 - 2042)
Grape List Merlot (49%), Cabernet Sauvignon (44%), Cabernet Franc (6%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Les Ormes de Pez

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
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
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 78/100
The 2015 Ormes de Pez is medium garnet-purple colored with an earthy, rubbery nose offering vague aromas of tar and black fruits plus herbal hints in the background. The palate is equally reduced, and while this would be somewhat forgivable at this early stage, it is also hard, lean, hollow and pretty green.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Feb 2018)
Steven Spurrier 90/100
Good crunchy fruit that is more polished than in the past. A classic, harmonious and modern wine.
Drink: 2019-2028
Steven Spurrier,
James Suckling 91-92/100
A solid and chewy red with blackberry and black currant character. Full body, chewy tannins. Fresh finish.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe is the northernmost of the most important communes of the Médoc, bordering Pauillac on its southernmost border, with only a gully and stream separating it from Ch. Lafite Rothschild. The wines can appear austere in youth, but the best typically display good depth of colour, pronounced acidity and tannins in youth, and are exceptionally long-lived. At their best, they are the equal of almost any Bordeaux.
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Chateau Ormes de Pez

Château Les Ormes de Pez is one of St-Estèphe`s leading Cru Bourgeois properties. It was bought by Jean-Charles Cazes in 1936 and is now owned and run by Jean-Michel Cazes. The latter owns Lynch-Bages The estate is located just outside the village of Pez in the northern part of the St-Estèphe commune.
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