2017 | Château Les Ormes de Pez | Saint-Estèphe | France Chateau Joanin Becot The tannins are gentle

The tannins are gentle

The light-bodied palate is more open at this youthful stage

as well as one of the standouts in the lineup in 2022

crunchy tannins

The 2022 Malescot St-Exupery is seductive and refined

2017 | Château Les Ormes de Pez | Saint-Estèphe | France Chateau Joanin Becot The tannins are gentleThe Lynch Bages team's St Estphe overachiever a 92 point Cru Bourgeois that critics call one of the Mdoc's best value buys. Chteau Les Ormes de Pez is the Cazes family's St Estphe estate, made by the same team as Grand Cru Class Lynch Bages. The polished 2017 is a Cabernet Merlot Mdoc blend with 45% new oak, and the critics lined up behind it real claret with energy and stuffing at a fraction of classed growth money. A wine three major critics scored