2021 Chateau Gazin - Pomerol AC

Decanter.com – 90 pts – GH: *Dark chocolate, perfume and black fruits on the nose - fragrant rose and iris petals. Succulent yet quite densely mouthfilling straight away, the chalky salinity and bitter chocolate edged tannins in full force gripping the tongue and cheeks with a blueberry, raspberry and black cherry fruit pulp. It certainly has the density that others in the vintage don't have but it's missing the elongation and some of the refinement that others show. You do get fully ripe fruit here though, the acidity underneath and a plushness that should see this through ageing nicely.* - 01/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 90 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart nach Edelholz, dunkle Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Gewürzen, etwas Nougat. Mittlerer Körper, rotbeerig, schlanke Textur, frisch strukturiert, mineralisch, zart salzig im Nachhall.* - 05/2022

WeinWisser – 17,5+/20pts – GL, TW: *Verhaltener Beginn, zarte rotbeerige Konturen, viel Würze dahinter, schwarzer Pfeffer, eingelegte Nelken und dunkles Graphit. Am konzentrierten Gaumen seidige Textur, engmaschiges Tanninkorsett, fein mürbe werdend, massiver Körper. Im verkapselten Finale kleine schwarze Beeren, Wacholder und sandige Adstringenz, kann noch zulegen.* – 04/2022

Vinous.com – (90-92) pts – NM: *The 2021 Gazin has a harmonious, defined bouquet of red and black fruit laced with black truffle and well-integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly tough tannins on the entry. A much more linear Gazin compared to recent vintages, leading to a sapid finish. It pulls up a bit short now, but it should fill out during élevage.* - 04/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (91-93) pts – JL: *Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine opens with notes of flowers, mocha, black cherry, and wet earth. Round, fleshy and fresh, there is lift and brightness to all the sweet, dark cherries and plums in the earthy, sweet, lifted finish. Yields were quite low this year at only 18 hectoliters per hectare, which is less than half the normal production. Drink from 2025-2042.* - 05/2022