Chateau Ormes de Pez, Saint-Estephe 2014
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2014
- ColourRed
- ProducerChateau Ormes de Pez
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionSaint-Estephe
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13
- LWIN10136322014
- Avg. Critic Score3.8★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
The 2014 Ormes de Pez showed less well than expected in the previous Southwold tasting six years earlier. This is a completely different kettle of fish. It has a well-defined nose with fresh, marine-tinged black fruit, hints of tobacco and pressed flowers emerging with time. This is delineation and full of energy. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, impressive depth and structure, yet it maintains freshness with a black olive and saline finish that gets the saliva flowing. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.
- Drinking Window: 2024 - 2044
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: March 2024
The 2014 Les Ormes de Pez was backward and surly on the nose, touches of gravel and graphite, but the fruit felt a little suppressed at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin. It felt a little pinched, but the finish shows vivacity and focus with graphite-infused black fruit. It just cuts away swiftly on the finish. This is one of the few 2014s that I felt did not match up to its showing in barrel, then again, it often does repay several years down in the cellar.
- Drinking Window: 2020 - 2040
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: March 2017