2021 Petit Village
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Tasting notes
Tasted blind. Shaded crimson. Quite sturdy and savage in its impact on the palate. Not much fun. Where’s the sweetness of the appellation? Sour, drying finish. Yeast-extract notes. Long-term wine. (JR)
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James Lawther MW, jancisrobinson.com
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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One of the darker hued efforts in the vintage, the 2021 Château Petit-Village comes from 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and was raised in 50% new oak. While it doesn't match previous vintages, it's an undeniable success in the vintage, offering beautiful darker cherry and cassis-driven fruit as well as spicy wood, smoke tobacco, and damp earth-like aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied and balanced, with good concentration and ripe tannins, as well as beautifully integrated oak, it's well worth drinking and following over the coming decade or more. Bravo!
The 2021 Petit-Village, matured in 50% new oak, has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry, briar, cedar and a touch of iodine, a little muted at first, but it gains intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and a crisp bead of acidity, lightly spiced with a cohesive and quite persistent finish. This is very harmonious, and there seems to be more substance here than previous off-vintage Petit-Village, testifying to the changes in this estate. It should give up to 20 years' drinking pleasure.
About the producer
Positioned at the heart of the Pomerol appellation, this château comprises a single 10.5-hectare plot of vines, with one of the highest proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon in the region.