Château Petit-Village 2020

Petit Village - 60% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% alcohol. 27 hl/ha. A small number of plots were ageing in amphoras. The first time there are more Cabernet Franc in the blend (10%), which seems to have given the wine a more robust backbone and more tannin. Intense nose with aroma of freshly sliced black winter truffle and great depth and length on the mid-palate. This vintage is probably the most precise and focused one of Petit Village, Diana Garcia Berrouet has made during her reign! The new label has been introduced for the 2020 vintage because the new owners wanted to mark their arrival, and it’s incredibly stylish and inspired by the labels from the 1920s and 1930s. The vax covering the cork with engraved PV letters is pretty cool as well. 96+p.

Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. Elegant yet expressive nose with aroma reminiscent of candied black cherries, elderberries and sweet mulberries, blackberries in the background. Elegant spiciness, incense and gingerbread as well as elegant flowery hints in the background (violets). On the palate opulent character with violets, liquorice and ripe blackberries, excellent freshness and length. A wine with depth in a new style, however presenting the highest proportion of Cabernet Franc ever: 38%. The best Petit Village ever tasted end primeur. A textbook Pomerol.