Bordeaux

2017 Ormes de Pez

$485.94
6 x 750ml
This finely structured wine is balanced with nothing in excess offering attractive acidity and a light touch of tannin. It is fruity, bright and developing quickly. Drink from 2023. Read more
Critic Reviews
Expert Review
92 POINTS
Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This finely structured wine is balanced with nothing in excess offering attractive acidity and a light touch of tannin. It is fruity, bright and developing quickly. Drink from 2023.

Expert Review
92 POINTS
Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2017 Les Ormes de Pez was matured in 45% new oak with 13.42% alcohol. None of the vines were touched by frost. Cropped at round 50hl/ha, it has a clean, pure red cherry, blackcurrant and cedar-scented bouquet, more Pauillac in style than Saint-Estèphe. The palate is well balanced with ripe tannin that feel more malleable than previous vintages at this stage, a little saline in the mouth with a silky smooth finish. This will be delicious over the next couple of decades and I suspect it will be more approachable than the 2016. Don’t ignore this.

Expert Review
92 POINTS
Jane Anson - Decanter

Ormes has managed another good vintage after a run of them. This is a lovely wine and a buy for me. Succulent, bristling and charming, it has juicy brambled fruit extraction and tension. It doesn't take itself too seriously, just asking to be loved. The fruit spectrum is rich with blueberries and damsons, with integrity and a swirl of vanilla bean oak. Includes 6% Cabernet Franc in the blend. No need to wait too long for this. 45% new oak. Drinking Window 2022 - 2035

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92 POINTS
James Suckling

A beautiful red with aromas and flavors of plums, spices and burnt chocolate. Medium-bodied, creamy and fruity. Juicy finish. A blend of 51% merlot, 42% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. Drink or hold.

Expert Review
91 POINTS
Jacques Perrin - Vinifera

Fruité exubérant mais assez marqué par la prise de bois à ce stade, qui accentue la sensation de chair. Vin ambitieux, rond, il faudra confirmer en fin d’élevage.

Expert Review
90 POINTS
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW - Wine Advocate

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Ormes de Pez features black cherries and cassis notions over a core of fragrant earth, stewed tea and tobacco plus a waft of forest floor. Medium-bodied, the palate is packed with juicy black fruit with a grainy texture and long, mineral-tinged finish. Drinking Window : 2020 - 2030

Expert Review
90 POINTS
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

Spicy and grounded with fertile soil and the reddest of fruit, here you’ll find cedar, tobacco and blackberries. Timelessly crisp, fresh and lively with herbs, olive and pepper on the palate and in the finish, this wine is 51% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvi

Expert Review
90 POINTS
Jeb Dunnuck

This solid Saint-Estèphe estate has made a promising 2017 Les Ormes de Pez. Ripe black cherry and currant fruit, medium to full body, ripe tannins, and a charming, rounded style all make for a delicious, textbook 2017 that will keep for 15+ years.

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Tasting Notes

With its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a tightly structured wine with rich tannins as well as dense blackberry flavors. With its youthful structure and fruit, the wine needs time. Drink from 2023. Roger Voss 90 Points WIne Enthusiast

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Winemakers Note

Ormes de Pez, the expertise of the Cazes Family Château Ormes de Pez belongs to the Médoc landscape since the 18th century. Located West of Saint-Estèphe and bordering the hamlet of Pez, the estate owes its name to a magnificent grove of elm trees, which no longer exists today. Château Ormes de Pez is the second property – after Château Lynch-Bages – acquired by the Cazes family in 1939. The vineyard extends over two distinct terroirs: the Cabernets thrive on the gravelly parcels composed of quartz and rolled pebbles whereas Merlot is best-suited to the cooler, sandy-clay parcels. With a distinctive harmonious spicy character, Château Ormes de Pez is true to its terroir. Wine lovers appreciate its opulence, elegance and well-rounded structure. Its powerful, rich and excellent tannic backbone allows graceful ageing.

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International Marketplace Product: Estimated dispatch from Sydney warehouse: June 30th, 2024


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