2022 Petit Village
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Dark in color, the wine pops with its display of flowers, spearmint, blackberries, plums, and black cherries. Opulent, silky, fresh, vibrant, and long, the fruit expresses its ripe, black, blue, and red berries with purity, elegance, and a touch of peppery, spice , espresso, and dark cocoa in the energetic finish. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon.14% ABV, 3.85 pH. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Picking took place September 2, September 22.
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James Suckling
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2022 Château Petit-Village is another brilliant wine from this estate. Checking in as 65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, it has remarkable purity in its black cherries, blueberry, violets, and flowery incense-driven aromatics. Still resting in 35% new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, has ripe, fine tannins, a great mid-palate, and a gorgeous finish. Coming from more clay and gravelly soils and harvested between the 9th and 21st of September, it's going to warrant at least 5-7 years of bottle age but should have a broad drink window.
The black berry, dark chocolate and crushed stone character is really pretty. Full-bodied and solid with fine tannins that spread across the palate. Silky and soft at the end. Very long and fine. Wait and see.
Offering up aromas of dark berries, plum preserve and kirsch, framed by creamy new oak, the 2022 Petit Village is medium to full-bodied, with a sweet, fleshy, somewhat baked core of fruit framed by generously extracted tannins. It appears to be a wine without a very strong sense of identity.
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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.