Château Petit-Village 2022

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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.

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65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon Le bouquet de Petit Village se révèle de manière progressive. Il commence par mettre son élevage en évidence mais celui-ci est rapidement relayé par des parfums de framboises, de cassis et de grenadine complétée par une touche mentholée et poivrée. Bonne densité en bouche, dès l’attaque. Le vin a du corps, des tannins charnus, puissants ainsi que de la tension. Il doit cette dernière à une acidité structurante, presque saline, même un peu incisive, qui soutient la fin de bouche en compagnie de subtils et fins amers. L’expression aromatique s’en retrouve plébiscitée et étirée, bien au-delà de la finale. C’est en fin de bouche que Petit-Village souligne sa grandeur, sa pertinence, dans la mesure où il canalise la puissance de ses tannins en l’associant au caractère énergétique de la structure acide. C’est un très grand vin, qui ne fait que souligner, une fois encore, son appartenance aux plus grands vins de Pomerol. 2028-2047.

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In the 2022 vintage, I once likened Château Petit-Village to “Iron Man gradually revealing a smile.” A mere two years later, I now witness an even more confident smile. The fruitiness is astoundingly pure, and the beguiling scent of violets is released with a gentle swirl of the glass. The metallic structure transforms into a velvety, petal-laden cream once it touches my palate. As I tasted this wine, I felt as though I was observing the making process of a haute couture handbag, with its refined texture, precise stitching, and no thread out of place. In my opinion, Vincent and Guillaume’s team has seamlessly integrated their winemaking philosophy into the gravelly clay terroir, not only elevating Château Petit-Village to new heights but also penning the next illustrious chapter.

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Nicely scented and richly aromatic nose, dark and milk chocolate and. Ripe and heady blackcurrants and cherries with liquorice, coffee, mint, dark chocolate, tobacco and inky notes too. Sleek and sophisticated, I like the immediate tension and hold of the wine, supple and gently succulent with really beautiful texture to the tannins, nicely plush - cool but grippy and cushioning. This is a little atypical in terms of fruit density, but the tannins are nicely filling and this has juicy acidity. On the serious side right now, but there’s still a sense of polish. A new destemmer and density sorter to clean the grapes as of 2022. Technical director Guillaume Fredoux and managing director Vincent Priou. Aged 18 months, 45% new oak barrels. Harvest September 2 - September 19. Georgina Hindle.

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10.5-ha triangular vineyard opposite Beauregard, all on top of the plateau. Some deep, dry gravel near Vieux Château Certan where the oldest block is. The Moulin family (of Galeries Lafayette) are currently restructuring/replanting the vineyard. 65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon. The oldest block is a co-planting of the two Cabernets. In 2022, they added a new bit of kit that destems by density and rinses the dust off the grapes during the process. Cask sample. Some unusually savoury notes on the nose. Gentle texture with the tannin becoming evident only on the very end. Very glossy, polished tannins which become evident on the finish. Confident wine that suggests the property is being taken seriously.

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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. William Kelley