1959 Petit Village

The 1959 Petit Village comes across a little rustic and timeworn on the nose, though the vintage’s richness still shines through with smudged, overripe white-tipped strawberries and raspberries. With aeration, sous-bois intermixed with wild heather and tobacco surfaces and adds more complexity. The palate has degraded over decades yet remains cohesive with extant red fruit. This is simpler than the top-drawer Pomerol wines from ’59, though it has a welcome touch of allspice on the finish. Bottles need to be drunk soon unless in large format.