2011 Château Gazin
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A tighter style with fresh juicy fruit and a fine, firm tannic scaffold. Really nice and bright at the end. FINE+RARE
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The 2011 Gazin has a lovely, open and generous bouquet with red berry fruit, pencil shavings, smoke and autumn bonfire. Yes, something very October-ish about the aromatics! The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, a little chewy, not quite as pliant or as complex as the '11 Trotanoy, though there is admirable substance on the finish. Give this another year in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Tasted blind. Blackish crimson – looks very young! Sweet biscuits on the nose. Gunmetal and fruit – interesting! Some quite dry tannins. Shame about those tannins because there is lots else to like. (JR)
About the producer
Representing a single block of vines on the plateau, Ch. Gazin is one of Pomerol’s largest estates, owned by the Bailliencourt dit Courcol family since the early 20th century.