Gazin - Pomerol 2021

Vinous

88

byAntonio Gallonithe4/2/2024

The 2021 du Gazin is an attractive, floral Canon-Fronsac to drink now and over the next handful of years. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, cedar and pipe tobacco open nicely. The 2021 is a quiet, easygoing wine, yet its balance is impeccable.

Vinous

88

byAntonio Gallonithe2/28/2024

The 2021 du Gazin is an attractive, floral Canon-Fronsac to drink now and over the next handful of years. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, cedar and pipe tobacco open nicely. The 2021 is a quiet, easygoing wine, yet its balance is impeccable.

Wine Advocate

84

byWilliam Kelleythe2/22/2024

I was optimistic for the 2021 Gazin in barrel, but that optimism hasn't been realized in bottle. Offering up aromas of minty blackberries and herbs, it's medium-bodied, firm and astringent, with a bitter, mouth-puckering, discreetly metallic finish. Time may be kind to it, but only gamblers would test that hypothesis.

Jamessuckling.com

94

byJames Sucklingthe2/22/2024

Black berries and black plums on the nose with some tobacco leaf, graphite and bitter chocolate. It’s focused on the palate, with firm tannins that melt and relax into the black fruit. Medium-bodied and well-structured. Mineral at the end. Try from 2025.

matthewjukes.com

18

byMatthew Jukesthe8/2/2022

This is an imposing and impressive wine. It shows a lot more depth and tannin than many, yet nothing is out of place or too forced. The perfume is superb, and while the oak is certainly expressive, and it is perfectly matched with the density of the fruit, this makes it not only an outlier in this vintage, but this point of difference will turn heads, and I admire the confidence and conviction in this wine. 18+

Jamessuckling.com

92-93

byJames Sucklingthe6/8/2022

Firm, grainy tannins accompany the core of black fruit and bark. Medium-bodied. Stone character. Mineral, with tangy acidity.

Jeb DUNNUCK

89-92

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/2/2022

The 2021 Château Gazin is another solid Pomerol and, I suspect, will end up being an outstanding wine. Giving up lots of red and black fruits, leather, and some earthy, herbal notes, it's medium-bodied, has a supple, rounded texture, and a good finish. It's going to keep for 20 years.

Bettane & Desseauve

95

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/24/2022

Harmonieux, grâce à un fruité frais et des tannins bien construits, ce vin a de l’allonge. L’intensité de l’extraction est bien adaptée au potentiel du millésime. Superbe densité finale, un 100 % merlot de belle facture.

The Vintage Journal

94-95

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2022

Deep crimson. Intense liquorice, dark plum, blackberry praline aromas with herb garden notes. Concentrated inky dark plum, blackberry fruits, fine brambly textures, some savoury oak complexity and integrated fine mineral acidity. Finishes chalky/ al dente firm with bittersweet notes. 100% merlot. 14–16 months in new and seasoned oak. 13.4% alc

The Wine Cellar Insider

91-93

byJeff Levethe5/16/2022

Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine opens with notes of flowers, mocha, black cherry, and wet earth. Round, fleshy and fresh, there is lift and brightness to all the sweet, dark cherries and plums in the earthy, sweet, lifted finish. Yields were quite low this year at only 18 hectoliters per hectare, which is less than half the normal production. Drink from 2025-2042. 91-93

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

91

byJane Ansonthe5/13/2022

Vinous

90-92

byNeal Martinthe5/12/2022

The 2021 Gazin has a harmonious, defined bouquet of red and black fruit laced with black truffle and well-integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly tough tannins on the entry. A much more linear Gazin compared to recent vintages, leading to a sapid finish. It pulls up a bit short now, but it should fill out during élevage.

vvwine

92-94

byAdrian Van Velsenthe5/10/2022

Leuchtendes Rubinrot. Die Nase ist verführerisch, feminin, ein Parfüm, viel Floralität, rote Früchte, Blutorangen, Kräuter, ein Hauch von Sommerwiese, spannend. Im Gaumen schlank, zeigt viel Struktur, merklich Tannin, dieses ist von guter Qualität, der Wein hat viel Eleganz und zeigt den Gazin-typischen, straffen Charakter. Wird etwas Zeit brauchen, doch erfahrungsgemäss gut reifen. 2028-2045 (Verkostet im April 2022. UGCB)

Anthocyanes

93-95

byYohan Castaingthe5/6/2022

Assemblages réalisés. Très beau nez profond et plein avec une légère timidité qui s'efface après aération. Mure, cassis, fleurs de printemps et violette. Très bel enrobage de bouche soutenu par une acidité aérienne et fraiche qui apporte de la précision et des tanins ciselés. Voici un très beau Gazin, assez identitaire et très proche de son terroir et du millésime. Bravo !

Wine Advocate

91-93

byWilliam Kelleythe4/29/2022

The 2021 Gazin is a fine effort, unfurling in the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, cherries, plums, incense and raw cocoa. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's rather rich and elegantly muscular in the context of the vintage, with a deep core of fruit, powdery tannins and bright acids. Mildew pressure combined with wet conditions that made it impossible to enter the vineyard with tractors delivered low yields of only 18 hectoliters per hectare, and the grand vin is entirely Merlot this year. (91 - 93)+