Ormes de Pez - Saint-Estèphe 2019

Wine Advocate

92-94 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe7/15/2020

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Ormes de Pez comes bounding out of the glass with energetic scents of black raspberries, fresh blackberries and crushed blackcurrants plus suggestions of menthol, dark chocolate, cedar chest and pencil lead with a hint of rose oil. Medium-bodied, the palate has electrically charged black fruit flavors with compelling tension and beautifully ripe, fine-grained tannins, finishing long and perfumed. Delicious!

WeinWisser

18 / 20

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Vinous

91-93 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/18/2020

The 2019 Ormes de Pez is ample and creamy, with a real sense of resonance that emerges with a bit of time in the glass. Inky dark fruit, leather, licorice and scorched earth are nicely pushed forward here. A wine of depth and power, Ormes de Pez is very nicely done.

Vinous

92-94 / 100

byNeal Martinthe6/16/2020

The 2019 Ormes de Pez has an intense bouquet of blackberry, bilberry, pencil box and light fumé aromas, nicely defined but demanding encouragement from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, pliant tannins almost unrecognizable from the somewhat sturdy offerings in the past. It feels seductively smooth in texture with a very satisfying, detailed finish. One of the best Ormes de Pez that I have tasted in recent years.

Jamessuckling.com

92-93 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe6/4/2020

Plenty of spice and plums on the nose. Full body, round tannins and flavorful finish. Raspberries and hazelnuts at the end.

The World of Fine Wines

90-92 / 100

byMichael Schusterthe5/13/2020

A stylish, gently gravelly blackberry and blackcurrant nose; full, rich, vital, firmly tannic;
plenty to savor here, brisk, sapid, finely chewy blackcurrant-cored St-Estèphe with plenty of
matter, an attractive oak-cedar character, an attractive moderate complexity, and good, lipsmacking length. This will be a very satisfying, top Cru Bourgeois, well within the decade. 2025–35+.