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Ormes de Pez 2004

St Estephe, Cru bourgeois

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  • GBP Price: £175.00  per Case
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  • Size: Bottle (75cl)
  • Quantities:7  Cases -  0  Bottle
  • Units: 84
Scores:
Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Burghound Jancis Robinson.com International Wine Cellar
85 89 - 16 85 - 88
Tasting Notes:

This is a superficial, straightforward style of wine with plenty of fruit, medium body, but little depth and finish. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.

Score: 85 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2007-2012

A chewy red, showing intense aromas of raisin and spices, with hints of cedar. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and a long finish. Best after 2010. 17,000 cases made.

Score: 89 James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2010+

Relatively pale. Rather bloody, raw nose with some sweetness, but no great depths. Serviceable! A good airline wine..

Score: 16 Jancis Robinson MW, Jancisrobinson.com Maturity: 2009-2015

(60% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot and 10% cabernet franc) Bright ruby-red. Slightly reduced aromas of blackberry, black cherry, violet and licorice. Fairly dense if a bit chunky, with moderately sweet flavors of dark berries, licorice and shoe polish. Could use a bit more cut, but offers good fruit and texture, and finishes with reasonably sweet tannins.

Score: 85 - 88 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar

The nose on the commendable Ormes-de-Pez has clammed up since tasted out of barrel. Backward, taut, a little leafy with blackberry, cedar, tree bark and a touch of pain grille. Good complexity. The palate if medium-bodied with blackberry, firm tannins, rather foursquare but with superb freshness and harmony. This is a lovely, quintessential Saint Estephe. Drink 2014-2028. Tasted November 2008.

Score: 90 Neal Martin, erobertparker.com Maturity: 2014-2028