Château Les Ormes-de-Pez, or Château Ormes de Pez, (
French for ''The Elms of Pez'') is a
winery
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in the
Saint-Estèphe appellation
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of the
Bordeaux wine
Bordeaux wine ( oc, vin de Bordèu, french: vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on the Garonne River. To the north of the city the Dordogne River joins the Garonne forming the ...
region of
France
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, near the hamlet of Pez. The wine produced here was classified as one of 9 ''
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnels'' in the 2003 listing. Though this classification is currently annulled, it is expected to be revived by the 2009 vintage, but without use of the quality divisions such as ''"exceptionnel"''.
History
The Château and buildings date from 1792, constructed after the division and sale of
Château de Pez as a result of the
French Revolution
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.
During the 19th century it was owned by Marcel Alibert, also the owner of
Château Belgrave, until it was sold in 1927 to the ''Société Civile du Haut Médoc''.
[ Financial trouble forced the estate to be sold on to Jean-Charles Cazes in 1930, who passed it on to his son André Cazes.][
To date the estate is owned by the Cazes family, also owners of Château Lynch-Bages.][H. Johnson & J. Robinson ''The World Atlas of Wine'' p. 88, Mitchell Beazley Publishing 2005, ] For many years the vinification
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took place at Lynch-Bages, but the ''cuvier'' and ''chai'' of Ormes-de-Pez were modernised before the 1981 vintage.[ After a long period of management by ]Jean-Michel Cazes
Jean-Michel Cazes (born 25 March 1935, in Bordeaux) is a French winemaker and insurance executive. He managed the wine holdings of AXA Millésimes until 2000, the family insurance agency, and the Cazes family estates until 2006. He is the son o ...
, he has been succeeded by his son Jean-Charles Cazes.[
]
Production
The vineyard area, divided into two blocks north and south of the village of Saint-Estèphe, extends , with the grape varieties of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot.[Suckling, James, ''Wine Spectator'' (March 31, 2007). "50 Best Bordeaux under $50", p. 82] No second wine
Second wine or second label (French: ''Second vin'') is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from '' cuvee'' not selected for use in the ''Grand vin'' or first label. In some cases a third wine or ev ...
is produced.[
]
References
External links
Château Ormes de Pez official site
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Bordeaux wine producers