Chateau de Pez Saint-Estephe 2016

La Revue du Vin de France

The 2016 with a slightly more serious profile is also more slender and more radiant. Straight and sapid on the finish.

Decanter

Another bargain alert! At this price level, perhaps the most subtle and elegant of all wines tasted. Not as expressive as Ormes de Pez, but top marks for delicate refinement and indeed a noticeably floral aromatic profile that accentuates the palate. As wine consultant Kevin Gagnon noted at a tasting: ‘Finesse and great length.’ Do not hesitate.

Wine Enthusiast

One of the many estates on the Pez plateau in Saint-Estèphe, this property is at the top of its game. Owned by the same proprietors as Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, the wine has structure, big tannins as well as dense black fruits. Drink from 2024. Roger Voss

James Suckling

St.-Estèphe is supposed to be a robust and hard wine, but this is elegant and sophisticated with fine, cassis and lemon-peel aromas, polished tannins and a long, rather delicate finish. Drink or hold.

The Wine Cellar Insider - Jeff Leve

Vinum

This De Pez is a little marvel of balsamic spice. The blend of 53% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc combines liquorice, liquorice, black pepper and dried flowers. On the palate with a very present fruit sweetness, which in combination with the very well integrated acidity leads to a great juiciness. Drinking fun and complexity are combined here in an impressive way.

Robert Parker

The 2016 de Pez appears to be benefitting from a long-term replanting program at the estate. This is a blend of 53% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.5% Petit Verdot and 1.5% Cabernet Franc. The IPT is quite high at 80, and there is 13.9% alcohol. It has a pure and comely bouquet with black cherries and blackcurrant pastilles, just a touch of crushed violets that emerge with time. The palate is really quite lovely: very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, quite saline in the mouth, perhaps the finest tannic structure that I have encountered during many years of tasting this Saint Estèphe, with a long persistent finish. Maybe this is the "dark horse" of the appellation this year.