Ormes de Pez - Saint-Estèphe 2021

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe4/2/2024

The 2021 Ormes de Pez is quite striking on the nose, brinier than I recall from barrel, with lifted blackberry and boysenberry fruit and a touch of balsamic. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, again, very saline in the mouth and slightly gra

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe3/4/2024

The 2021 Château Ormes De Pez is another charming, forward, undeniably delicious Saint-Estephe in the vintage. Slightly more red-fruited, it has ample currant fruit as well as some spicy, herbal nuances. These all carry to a medium-bodied, balanced, nicely textured 2021 with ripe tannins and integrated acidity. Give it 2-4 years and enjoy over the following decade or so.

Wine Advocate

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byWilliam Kelleythe2/22/2024

The 2021 Ormes de Pez delivers notes of cassis, pencil shavings and toasty oak, followed by a medium-bodied, suave and polished palate with a nicely concentrated core of fruit framed by tangy acids and sweet, powdery tannins.

Jamessuckling.com

92

byJames Sucklingthe2/22/2024

A rather tannic and structured young wine with black currant and spice with some walnut and cedar undertones. Medium body. Juicy and flavorful. Rather lean at the end. 49% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc and 5% petit verdot. Give it two or three years to soften.

Wine Spectator

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byJames Molesworththe2/22/2024

Shows mulled loganberry fruit that mingles with tobacco, cedar and savory hints, while tangy acidity asserts itself throughout. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2025 through 2031.  –JM

Wine Enthusiast

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byRoger Vossthe1/7/2024

Ripe black-currant aromas and a smoky edge from tannins are lifted onto the wine's nutmeg spice and toast. They go along with the dense black fruits that are powerful and structured. Drink from 2027. 

matthewjukes.com

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byMatthew Jukesthe8/2/2022

Ormes de Pez goes from strength to strength, and this 2021 is a juicy and harmonious wine with bright, focussed fruit and a Merlot-led flavour of plums and mulberries. The Cabernets and Petit Verdot back up the Merlot attack giving this wine more depth and length than expected. I also anticipate it drinking well in its youth, so this is a joyous success in 2021. 17

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe6/8/2022

Medium-bodied with a firm tannin frame and pretty notes of pencil lead, blackberries and some walnuts. Hints of chocolate orange, too. Structured and a little chewy, with perfumed character. Juicy. 49% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc and 5% petit verdot.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe6/2/2022

Managed by the team at Lynch-Bages, the 2021 Château Ormes De Pez comes from a 40-hectare vineyard in Saint-Estèphe. Medium to full-bodied, it has ripe tannins, good depth of fruit, and classic notes of darker fruits, loamy earth, tobacco leaf, and chalky minerality.

Alexandre Ma

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byAlexandre Mathe5/16/2022

It is not easy to achieve this level of intensity, with an IPT of 80 and alcohol level of 13.13%, in 2021. This shows that the winery has been very strict in controlling fruit quality. Accompanied by the round body and delicately powdery tannins, the signature spicy black pepper and refreshing cedar notes of Cabernet Sauvignon cling tightly to the fragrance of ripe berry fruits, carrying through till the end. ???2021??????????????(IPT:80;13.13%),??????????????????????????????????????????????,??????????????????????

The Wine Cellar Insider

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byJeff Levethe5/16/2022

Medium-bodied, the wine is fresh, juicy, sweet and vibrant with a complex finish loaded with round-textured, herbs, black raspberries, menthol and plums that last through to the endnote. Drink from 2024-2043. 90-92

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

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byJane Ansonthe5/13/2022

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe5/12/2022

The 2021 Ormes de Pez is matured in 45% new oak. This has a fragrant nose, very well defined, in fact, perhaps more sophisticated than the Haut-Batailley at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, a little powdery in texture, touches of graphite towards the almost Pauillac-like finish. A stylish Saint-Estèphe, this is recommended. 13.13% alcohol.

vvwine

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byAdrian Van Velsenthe5/10/2022

Mittleres Rubin. Würzige Nase, auch florale Töne, rote Beeren, verspielt. Im Gaumen schlank, frisch, mit kernigen Gerbstoffen, einer delikaten Frucht und viel Rasse. Angenehm langer, würziger Abgang mit rotfruchtigen Rückaromen. 2026-2040 (Verkostet im April 2022. UGCB)

Anthocyanes

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byYohan Castaingthe5/6/2022

Assemblages réalisés. Un bouquet très cerise noire, mure, légèrement violette avec une touche d'iris. Très élégant tout en étant gourmand. Bouche dense, tannique mais sans lourdeur et une belle assise traçante et délicate. Un joli vin en devenir. Très charmeur.

Wine Advocate

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byWilliam Kelleythe4/29/2022

The 2021 Ormes de Pez exhibits aromas of cassis, licorice, warm spices and toasty new oak, followed by a medium-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated palate built around rich, powdery tannins that will round out with further maturation in barrel. Produced by the Cazes family of Château Lynch-Bages, it shows promise.

Decanter.com

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byGeorgina Hindlethe4/1/2022

Sweet strawberry, orange, grapefruit, plums and blackcurrants, but the sweet jammy kind. This is fruit forward and expressive out the gate, round and so appealing. Spiced aspects from the Petit Verdot with a sturdy backbone in terms of structure and frame. Tannins are more on the austere side, fine and detailed, extremely mouthfilling but you can almost taste each one with the minerality coming through strongly leaving that clean wet stone taste in the mouth. Ripe and juicy dark fruit also. This is medium bodied with lots of precision in terms of detail. Lovely potential here. 5% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.68pH.