Château Petit Village

Château Petit Village, Pomerol, 2021

Name: Château Petit Village, Pomerol
Brand: Château Petit Village
Price: 653.33 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

93/100

The Wine Independent

92/100

Vinous

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2021
6x75cl
DP
£653.33

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

93/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 65% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc, and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 Petit-Village has a deep garnet-purple color. Scents of black cherries, juicy black plums, and wild blueberries spill from the glass, with suggestions of cedar chest, rose oil, and chargrill. The medium-bodied palate delivers a great core of black fruit flavors, with a grainy texture and a long, mineral-laced finish.

drinking window 2026 - 2043

date of review 04/2024

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Well built, plenty of dark chocolate, raspberry leaf, cocoa bean, liqourice, with cassis and plum fruits. The tannins are formal and austere rather than silky, but there is clear precision and finesse. Tasted twice. First full year under the new team after AXA Millésimes sold to the Moulin family of Galleries Lafayette. Augustin Belloy now heading things up for the owning family, with Vincent Priou estate director and Guillaume Fredoux technical director.

drinking window 2025 - 2040

date of review 03/2024

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2021 Petit-Village, matured in 50% new oak, has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry, briar, cedar and a touch of iodine, a little muted at first, but it gains intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and a crisp bead of acidity, lightly spiced with a cohesive and quite persistent finish. This is very harmonious, and there seems to be more substance here than previous off-vintage Petit-Village, testifying to the changes in this estate. It should give up to 20 years' drinking pleasure.

drinking window 2027 - 2042

date of review 02/2024

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Pomerol

Producer:

Château Petit Village

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.