Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez, Saint-Estephe, 2012
Les Ormes-de-Pez has been Cazes family property since 1936 — the same family behind Lynch-Bages, and the wine here is raised in barrels passed down from that estate. It's a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel in Saint-Estèphe, classically composed (Cabernet Sauvignon-led with a generous slug of Merlot) on the appellation's gravel-and-clay terraces. 2012 was the softer, earlier-drinking of recent Médoc vintages — a year that produced charming, supple wines built for medium-term enjoyment rather than long-haul cellaring. Now thirteen years on, this bottle is squarely in its drinking window, showing the dark fruit and savory iron-and-graphite signature of Saint-Estèphe with tannins fully resolved and tertiary notes just beginning to peek through.
Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez, Saint-Estephe, 2012
Les Ormes-de-Pez has been Cazes family property since 1936 — the same family behind Lynch-Bages, and the wine here is raised in barrels passed down from that estate. It's a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel in Saint-Estèphe, classically composed (Cabernet Sauvignon-led with a generous slug of Merlot) on the appellation's gravel-and-clay terraces. 2012 was the softer, earlier-drinking of recent Médoc vintages — a year that produced charming, supple wines built for medium-term enjoyment rather than long-haul cellaring. Now thirteen years on, this bottle is squarely in its drinking window, showing the dark fruit and savory iron-and-graphite signature of Saint-Estèphe with tannins fully resolved and tertiary notes just beginning to peek through.
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Les Ormes-de-Pez has been Cazes family property since 1936 — the same family behind Lynch-Bages, and the wine here is raised in barrels passed down from that estate. It's a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel in Saint-Estèphe, classically composed (Cabernet Sauvignon-led with a generous slug of Merlot) on the appellation's gravel-and-clay terraces. 2012 was the softer, earlier-drinking of recent Médoc vintages — a year that produced charming, supple wines built for medium-term enjoyment rather than long-haul cellaring. Now thirteen years on, this bottle is squarely in its drinking window, showing the dark fruit and savory iron-and-graphite signature of Saint-Estèphe with tannins fully resolved and tertiary notes just beginning to peek through.
