Château Les Ormes de Pez, St Estèphe, 2022
Ormes de Pez 2019 is sculpted, voluptuous and primal, while being armed with powerful but supple tannins, dark fruit and spicy oak character that will see it age beautifully over the next 20+ years.
critic reviews
The 2022 Ormes de Pez has an open and expressive bouquet with black cherries, liquorice and just a dab of dark chocolate, quite primal compared to its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with a chewy, quite tannic entry. Solid and quite muscular in style, it lacks a bit of "flow" towards the finish. Time will soften it. Time is needed. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.
A nose of toasted oak and sweet, cedary black cherry fruit to this wine from the Cazes family, which was matured in 45% new oak. The palate is the same, all cedary black fruit and toast, with a huge tannic grip underneath it all. Plenty of grip here. leading to a dry, bitter and pithy finish. A good wine, but give it time.
Trace of gunsmoke on the opening, needs a moment to clear and open to show the rich ripe brambled fruit. This is enjoyable, orange peel, mandarin, pomegranate, cloves, flash of crème de cassis on the finish. 45% new oak for ageing, 40ha vineyard, Cazes family owners.
Exhibiting aromas of rich cassis, pencil shavings and petals, the 2022 Ormes de Pez is medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a deep core of fruit and plenty of powdery structuring tannin. It's a blend of 51% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.