Château Ormes de Pez 2025, St Estèphe
IN BOND
Delivery 2026
Appellation - St Estèphe
Owner - Owned and made by the Cazes family of Lynch Bages
The 2025 is made from 58% merlot, 35% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot.
TASTING NOTES
The 2025 Ormes de Pez was picked 9 to 22 September and matured in 20% new oak barrels. This is very refined on the nose with brambly black fruit, crushed stone and light humidor scents, focused and classically styled. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, armed with a fine bead of acidity. Black merges into redder fruit towards the finish with commendable length. This Saint-Estèphe has a newfound fluidity which has taken it up a level. Superb. Drink 2030-2055.
94/96
Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2026
Revealing elegant oak alongside dark wild berries and mulberries, with spices emerging with aeration, the 2025 Ormes de Pez is medium- to full-bodied, structured and somewhat firm at this stage. It shows good length and notable freshness, while retaining a dense, well-defined profile.
90/92
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate, April 2026
A medium-bodied red with fine tannins and plenty of spice and fruit, with a real sense of St.-Estephe. Juicy and long. Delicious already for barrel. A blend of 58% merlot, 35% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot.
94/95
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2026
The 2025 Ormes de Pez is redolent of dark cherry, herbs, menthol, tobacco, cedar and iron. This midweight Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois has a lot to offer. Open-knit aromatics and relatively soft tannins suggest the 2025 will drink well pretty much right out of the gate.2030 - 2040
89/92
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, April 2026
