2017 | Château Pédesclaux | Pauillac 6L

Lots of plum and cherry aromas with terracotta and crushed-stone undertones. Full to medium body.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Pedesclaux is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. The nose reveals a stunning perfume of wilted roses, lilacs and Ceylon tea, over a core of kirsch, raspberry pie and warm blackberries plus touches of garrigue and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, fresh and fragrant in the mouth, it has soft, easy-going tannins and a compelling iron ore note on the finish.

• James Suckling: Lots of plum and cherry aromas with terracotta and crushed-stone undertones. Full to medium body. Tight and juicy on the palate. Round, firm tannins, yet really spicy and flavorful. Cloves and nutmeg. Hints of new oak. A blend of 65% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 7% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot. Need three or four years to come together.

Producer Information

Château Pédesclaux is a wine estate in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux's northern Médoc wine region, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary some 50km (30 miles) north of Bordeaux city center. The estate was classified as a fifth growth, or cinquième cru, in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855 – a status it holds to this day. The estate lies just north of Pauillac town, on the eastern side of the appellation. Roughly one kilometer (0.6 miles) due west, over the D2 road that winds up the Médoc, lie the Château d'Armailhac, Pontet-Canet and Mouton Rothschild estates. Pédesclaux was established in 1810 by wine broker Pierre Urbain Pédesclaux and has changed hands numerous times. The estate was bought by Lucien Jugla in 1950 (Jugla had run the property for 20 years previously) and remained in the extended Jugla family until the turn of the century. In 2009 the estate was purchased by Franco-Swiss real estate millionaire Jacky Lorenzetti. Lorenzetti had purchased the 46-hectare (113 acre) Saint-Estèphe property Château Lilian Ladouys the year before. Lorenzetti began a programme of renovation and acquisition of further high quality vineyard land, almost doubling the size of the estate from 26 hectares (69 acres) to 48 hectares (118 acres). In 2013, Lorenzetti acquired half of Château d'Issan, a well-known third growth, in Margaux run by Emmanuel Cruse, already general director of Lorenzetti's Bordeaux properties.

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