2021 Château Gazin Pomerol

Ch. Gazin was once a barn of the order of the "Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem", as their sign (a red cross) on the label still bears witness. With its 24.4 ha in one piece, it is one of the largest properties in Pomerol. The owner is Mr. Nicolas de Baillencourt. The soil is of very high quality, pebbles with clay with the typical subsoil full of "crasse de fer". In the 70s, the owner even sold a piece of this to Ch. Pétrus. This is a Pomerol with very great class. Château Gazin borders Château Petrus. That already says a lot. First-class, that is what you can safely call the taste of this intense wine.

The 2021 Gazin is a beautiful one, unfolding in the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, cherries, plums, incense and raw cocoa. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it is quite rich and elegantly muscular in the context of the vintage, with a deep core of fruit, powdery tannins and bright acidity. Mould pressure combined with wet conditions that made it impossible to enter the vineyard with tractors produced low yields of just 18 hectoliters per hectare, and the Grand Vin is all Merlot this year.