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2012-CHÂTEAU-PETIT-VILLAGE-Pomerol

CHÂTEAU PETIT VILLAGE

2016 Pomerol

Grapes Merlot, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol
Village Pomerol
ABV 14%

77% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. Bright purple/ruby. Floral violets nose. Supple and rich sweetness in mid-palate. Juicy. Best I've ever tasted from here, there's lift and fun and it's long on juice too. Drinking range: 2026 - 2038 Rating: 91-93 L&S (Apr 2017)


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The 2016 Petit-Village put in a far better performance here than previously. This bottle has an expressive, well-defined bouquet of lifted black fruit laced with violet and iris, very pure and utterly charming. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a beguiling sense of cohesion on the cedar- and Chinese-five-spice- infused finish. A lovely Pomerol that should give 15 years of pleasure. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2023 - 2045 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Aug 2020)

The 2016 Château Petit-Village checks in as 77% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in 60% new French oak. This deeper ruby/plum-colored effort offers a classic bouquet of red and black currants, damp earth, violets, and forest floor. It's supple, beautifully textured, and seamless on the palate, with integrated acidity and fine tannins. It's a beautiful wine to drink over the coming 10-15 years or more. Drinking range: 2019 - 2034 Rating: 93 Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com (Feb 2019)

The 2016 Petit-Village has blossomed into a striking wine. Perfumed, silky and sensual, with notable aromatic lift, the 2016 is absolutely gorgeous. The 2016 has found a measure of finesse and overall harmony during élevage that it did not show from barrel. Pretty floral notes add the closing flourish to this impeccable Pomerol from Petit-Village. Diana Berrouet-Garcia has done a terrific job with the 2016. Drinking range: 2022 - 2041 Rating: 93 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jan 2019)

Château Petit Village

Up on the Pomerol plateau, just east of Catusseau, on ideal gravel and clay soil is Château Petit Village. A habitually complicated but unremarkable history comes to life with its purchase, in 1919 by the Ginestet family. This brought Petit Village into common ownership with Château Cos’d’Estournel and, later, Château Margaux. Despite its illustrious stable-mates, the Ginestet family’s tenure coincided with difficult times for Bordeaux estates, culminating in the disastrous frost of 1956 which wiped out vineyards across the region. In a move that seems bizarre in hindsight, much of Petit Village was replanted with Cabernet Sauvignon which made up an untypical greater portion of the vineyards until the 1970’s. Bruno Prats took control in 1971, having married into the family, and immediately set about replacing most of the Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and modernising the winery, but sold Petit Village in 1989 in order to concentrate his efforts on Cos d’Estournel. The new owners of Château Petit Village were AXA Millésimes, who own it to this day, along with Château Pichon Longueville Baron in Pauillac and Château Suduiraut in Sauternes as well as operations in Hungary and Portugal. AXA’s stewardship has seen Jean Michel Cazes (of Lynch Bages fame) and latterly Christian Seely overseeing considerable improvements at Petit Village. One of the more noticeable improvements has been the building of a starkly modern extension to the winery. The 10.5ha of vineyards sit in a single triangular block wedged between Conseillante, Vieux Château Certan, Certan de May and Beauregard. Le Pin sits near enough to be counted as a neighbour. There are 75% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc, with the residual 7% Cabernet Sauvignon being among the highest proportions in Pomerol. The average age of the vines in 35 years old, although one plot of Merlot remains that was planted 1947.

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