Chateau Ormes de Pez 2016

The 2016 Ormes de Pez was the biggest surprise of the blind tasting. No-one predicted such a strong showing and it proved its mettle not once, but twice. It has a well-defended and complex bouquet with black fruit, melted tar, freshly rolled tobacco and sous-bois scents emerging with time. Good intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, gentle but insistent grip, white and black pepper sprinkled over the structured and very persistent finish. A big Left Bank '16 but there is also finesse here. Outstanding. Tasted twice blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting (just to check!)

• Finestra di Consumo: 2030 - 2060
• Nome del Recensore: Neal Martin

Questo vino denso è ricco di frutti generosi e di una struttura fine. Già equilibrato, le note di mora sono accompagnate da tocchi di spezie e cioccolato fondente. Prodotto dal team di Lynch-Bages, possiede un'eleganza simile.

A brilliant St Estèphe value in a vintage where you can almost buy blind in this appellation. Tight tannins even after a few hours of opening in bottle (not decanting), this has lashings of bitter dark chocolate, cocoa beans, espresso, cinammon shavings, mandarin peel and damson fruits, this has many years ahead of it. Owned by the Cazes family of Lynch Bages, 45% new oak. On deep gravel soils, picked by hand between September 27 and October 11, on its second year of optical sorting at this point.

• Nome del Recensore: Jane Anson

The dark berries, sandalwood and cedar aromas are certainly memorable. Full-bodied, dense and rich in the center palate with ripe, polished tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Dense and powerful. Try after 2025.

Potente e strutturato, con molto carattere di mirtillo, mora e ribes. Di corpo pieno, teso e tannico, ma levigato e splendido. Fantastico. Succoso.

• Finestra di Consumo: 2019 - 2031
• Nome del Recensore: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
• Data Recensione: novembre 2018