1990 Château Les Ormes-de-Pez
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Slightly past full maturity, the 1990 Les Ormes de Pez exhibits a pleasant sweetness, but the fruit appears to be drying out, leaving an herbaceous, red and black currant-scented wine with a slight hollowness. Release price: ($125.00/case)
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Beautiful structure to this wine. Dark ruby color. Loads of tar and spice on the nose. Full-bodied and very concentrated, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish.--1990 Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now through 2010. 12,500 cases made. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 2000.
Slightly past full maturity, the 1990 Les Ormes de Pez exhibits a pleasant sweetness, but the fruit appears to be drying out, leaving an herbaceous, red and black currant-scented wine with a slight hollowness. Release price: ($125.00/case) Jun 2009, www.robertparker.com
Good dark color. Briary, cherry-scented nose offers hints of tobacco and a faint weedy quality. Restrained, firm, spicy fruit offers good intensity and freshness. A chunky St. Estephe, with a ripe, briary finish.
About the producer
The Cazes family – owners of Lynch-Bages – added this Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois estate to their portfolio in 1940, just one year after they purchased Lynch-Bages. The property comprises 32 hectares of vines in the north of the appellation, close to the village of Pez.