Chateau Gazin, Pomerol, 2012
This is, without doubt, one of the great 2012’s from Pomerol.
What’s amazing is that it is 100% Merlot, as it may have been forgotten that a chunk of this vineyard was sold to Petrus in the early 1970s, but what remains is still a superb terroir that is incredibly well-placed on the plateau of Pomerol, adjacent to Petrus and across the road from Lafleur.
This wine tips the scales at 14.5% natural alcohol, which puts it right up there with the 2009 and 2010 and this points further to the sensational success Pomerol enjoyed in 2012.
It is inky purple in colour, with a glorious nose of black fruits, an unctuous texture, and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Sometimes Gazin can show too much new oak in its youth, but that is not an issue with the 2012.
This is a sensational Pomerol and one of the great wines of this vintage. Drinking exquisitely now it will reward enormously over the next two to three decades.
- Robert Parker 95 Points
This is, without doubt, one of the great 2012’s from Pomerol.
What’s amazing is that it is 100% Merlot, as it may have been forgotten that a chunk of this vineyard was sold to Petrus in the early 1970s, but what remains is still a superb terroir that is incredibly well-placed on the plateau of Pomerol, adjacent to Petrus and across the road from Lafleur.
This wine tips the scales at 14.5% natural alcohol, which puts it right up there with the 2009 and 2010 and this points further to the sensational success Pomerol enjoyed in 2012.
It is inky purple in colour, with a glorious nose of black fruits, an unctuous texture, and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Sometimes Gazin can show too much new oak in its youth, but that is not an issue with the 2012.
This is a sensational Pomerol and one of the great wines of this vintage. Drinking exquisitely now it will reward enormously over the next two to three decades.
- Robert Parker 95 Points
This is, without doubt, one of the great 2012’s from Pomerol.
What’s amazing is that it is 100% Merlot, as it may have been forgotten that a chunk of this vineyard was sold to Petrus in the early 1970s, but what remains is still a superb terroir that is incredibly well-placed on the plateau of Pomerol, adjacent to Petrus and across the road from Lafleur.
This wine tips the scales at 14.5% natural alcohol, which puts it right up there with the 2009 and 2010 and this points further to the sensational success Pomerol enjoyed in 2012.
It is inky purple in colour, with a glorious nose of black fruits, an unctuous texture, and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Sometimes Gazin can show too much new oak in its youth, but that is not an issue with the 2012.
This is a sensational Pomerol and one of the great wines of this vintage. Drinking exquisitely now it will reward enormously over the next two to three decades.
- Robert Parker 95 Points