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JEB DUNNUCK: "Another brilliant Saint-Estèphe, the 2022 Château Ormes De Pez offers up lots of ripe blue and black fruits as well textbook earth, crushed stone, and graphite. Showing more nuance and floral notes with time in the glass, this medium to full-bodied effort has plenty of mid-palate depth, velvety yet building tannins, and nicely integrated background oak. This serious wine is worth seeking out. Tasted twice."
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JAMES SUCKLING: "A juicy and fruity red with blackberry, black cherry and chocolate character. Full and round with freshness and intensity. Very spicy. Black olives, too. 51% merlot, 39% cabernet sauvignon, 8% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot."
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DECANTER: "Dark plums and blackcurrants, ripe and fragranced on the nose, aromatic and open. High, juicy acidity is balanced by fine but chalky tannins and a flint undertone giving the minerality and tension. Powerful and massy, strong but well contained, focussed and all in one line. Good weight and balance, quite a serious and spiced edge but with lots of freshness throughout. A little strict and herbal, with the wood showing through, but lovely fruit purity. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.88pH. Ageing 16 months, 45% new oak. Tasted twice. "
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FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Frische Herzkirschen, etwas Lakritze, dunkle Beeren, einladendes Bukett. Schokoladige Textur, dunkle Waldbeeren, integrierte Tannine, mineralisch, fruchtsüßer Abgang, ein feinwürziger Speisenbegleiter."
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WEINWISSER: "51 % Merlot, 39 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 8 % Cabernet Franc, 2 % Petit Verdot. Feingliedriges Bouquet, Graphit, Bleistiftmine, getrockneter Flieder und Preiselbeermus. Am saftigen Gaumen mit cremiger Textur, feinsandigem Extrakt, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und trainiertem Körper. Im gebündelten Finale verschlankt sich der St. Estèphe und wetzt seine Krallen. Hat bewusst eine elegante Variante gewählt, die Konzentration ist trotzdem gewaltig. 2028 – 2047."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Black currants, and spice form the core of this wine. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is sweet, vibrant, and packed with black fruits, wet earth, spice, cedar, and leafy tobacco. Soft, round, and generous, the peppery black fruit in the finish really works here. The wine is a blend of 51% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2025-2042."
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THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Exhibiting aromas of rich cassis, pencil shavings and petals, the 2022 Ormes de Pez is medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a deep core of fruit and plenty of powdery structuring tannin. It's a blend of 51% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot."
