Gazin - Pomerol 2022

Wine Advocate

86

byWilliam Kelleythe3/7/2025

An estate that often seems to disappoint relative to its potential, the 2022 Gazin isn't showing as well in bottle as it did en primeur. Offering up aromas of sweet dark berries, pencil lead and licorice, the palate is medium to full-bodied, muscular and aggressive, concluding with a drying, excessively tannic finish. If wine is a beverage of pleasure, this is one for masochists.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

94

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

Enjoyably brambled fruit on the nose, espresso and cocoa bean, well controlled, with supple tannins and plenty of raspberry and damson flavours, alongside firm tannic structure. 26hl/h yield, 50% new oak for ageing, 22ha vineyard, 37 year average age of vines.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95

byJeff Levethe3/4/2025

Gazin, Château Pomerol

Jeb DUNNUCK

96

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

Based on 94% Merlot and 3% each Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2022 Château Gazin is a serious, layered Pomerol with ripe black cherries, blue fruits, spice, and hints of chocolate-laced oak and loamy earth. Medium to full-bodied, it has a round, supple texture, beautifully integrated tannins, and terrific overall balance. Easily ranking with the 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020, this fabulous Pomerol can be drunk with incredible pleasure any time over the coming two decades. Tasted twice with consistent notes.

Yvesbeck.wine

97

byYves Beckthe2/25/2025

94% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon Château Gazin n'a jamais aimé être bruyant. Il préfère se vouer au détails, à la finesse et à la pluralité, mais toujours avec mesure ! En 2022 cela lui sied à nouveau très bien. La fraîcheur affichée souligne la pertinence de la vendange et de la vinification, tout en assumant la largeur et la richesse du millésime. On ne manquera pas de relever des nuances de réglisse, de myrtilles et de menthe. Dense et précis en attaque, le vin bénéficie de l'appui inconditionnel de tannins musclés, définis et puissants qui brillent de leur sérénité et de leur fraîcheur. Un vin d'une grande élégance illuminé par une énergie droite, précis, digne d'un sabre laser ! Je pense qu'il saura garder son éclat tout au long de son périple en le mettant de moult manières en scène. A nous de vérifier régulièrement ! 2027- 2052 97/100

Vinous

91

byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Gazin has improved a little on the nose since I tasted it from barrel, featuring blackberry, wild hedgerow and light truffle scents gaining precision as it opens in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied and nicely balanced with firm tannins and a crisp, rather conservative finish. This is not a bad Pomerol by any means, but I have a nagging feeling that this could have been better—and I write that reluctantly as a fan of this estate.

Jamessuckling.com

97

byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

This is really fresh and refined with so much class for the vintage with blackberries, blueberries, violets and minerals. Some coffee beans. Medium- to full-bodied, this has ultrafine tannins and a long and persistent finish. Such balance and harmony for the vintage. Drink after 2030.

Vinous

95

byAntonio Gallonithe1/28/2025

The 2022 Gazin is bright, punchy and focused. Beams of tannin confer a feeling of classicism that is palpable throughout. Dark blue/purplish fruit, crushed rocks, slate, menthol and graphite are all beautifully delineated. Power and finesse come alive in this distinguished, mid-weight Pomerol.

Decanter.com

94

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

Supple and energetic, this has a lovely dynamism and purity straight away, clean and clear, tangy but tannic so you get brightness and power. It's on the more tannic side right now, filling and upfront, but they have a nice texture and weight and the fruit intensity really carries the liveliness all the way through - picked just ripe, or just before, I think. Nicely accessible and a softer more approachable style from Gazin. A little atypical and the better for it. A yield of 26hl/ha. Tasted twice.

The Vintage Journal

96-97

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Deep crimson. Perfumed violet, musky plum, mocha, roasted chestnut aromas. Classically proprotioned wine with beuatifuly ripe and expressive dark plum, blackcurrant fruits, fine dense chalky tannins, superb mid palate volume and well integrated savoury, roasted chestnut notes. Lovely buoynacy, richness and mineral torque. A must buy wine. (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 50% new oak)

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

94

byJane Ansonthe5/16/2023

A serious Pomerol even in the lightest of vintages, so it really can relax into its natural character in 2022. Strict tannins, but that is often the case for this wine, relaxing into liqourice, cocoa bean, espresso, rosemary, underbrush, slightly drying on the finish, but this has a ton of impact, it has all the elements for ageing, an impressive wine.

The Wine Independent

92-94

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Gazin bursts with energetic note of wild blueberries, black raspberries, and plum preserves, leading to nuances of violets and star anise. The full-bodied palate has impressive harmony, with velvety tannins and just enough freshness to match the generous fruit, finishing long and fragrant.

Yvesbeck.wine

96-97

byYves Beckthe5/10/2023

Superbe bouquet où intensité, fraîcheur et subtilité créent une symbiose exceptionnelle ! L'harmonie est assurée grâce à des nuances de menthe poivrée, de pivoines et de baies noires. En bouche le vin affiche un côté crémeux, mais également du pep et même de la salinité en finale. Les tannins sont soyeux, veloutés, crémeux et offrent un excellent support, tout en étant secondés par la structure acide. Cette dernière plébiscite la finale tant au niveau de l'intensité que de la persistance.

Bettane & Desseauve

95

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/10/2023

La finale aux accents de pivoine, d’iris et de violette dynamise un corps à l’intensité soyeuse qui affiche son identité. Beau potentiel.

Jeb DUNNUCK

92-94

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

Lots of spiced black cherries, currants, chocolate, and spicy notes emerge from the 2022 Château Gazin, a richer, medium to full-bodied Pomerol with plenty of mid-palate depth, building tannins, and outstanding length. The tannins will need to be watched here, but this is clearly an outstanding wine in the making.

The Wine Cellar Insider

94-96

byJeff Levethe5/5/2023

Finesse in style, at its core, the wine is all about its spice, milk-chocolate, plum, cherry, espresso and wet earth character. Long, silky, fresh, refined, and plummy, the mid-palate, and finish remain focused on its layers of silky fruits from start to finish. The wine blends 93% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc and 3.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2045.

Wine Advocate

92-94

byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice, cherries and spices, the 2022 Gazin is medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with excellent depth at the core, sweet tannins and a long, expansive finish. Despite the drought, the vineyards performed better in 2022 than in 2020 at this address, and the result is one of the better vintages for Gazin in recent years. 92 - 94+

Jamessuckling.com

95-96

byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

A very juicy and nicely chewy young red with black berry, chocolate and cedar aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with integrated tannins and a fresh and persistent finish.