Château Mazeyres 2017

The 2017 vintage in Pomerol

Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)

Vintage character: Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.

Overall reading of the year’s season across Pomerol. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.

Tasting

The colour is beautiful and limpid. The nose is juicy and fresh on intense notes of black fruits. This very expressive dimension of fruit continues in the mouth, then evolves to roasted hints. The texture is soft and supple, held by a refreshing tension. The finish is long and refined. This wine is very elegant and demonstrates that one can achieve very satisfying results in a complicated climatological context.

The vintage

The winter 2016 - 2017 is dry (30% less of rain than normal year). The first half of the season is cold and the winter ends with very mild temperatures. The buding is early and the very beginning of spring remains warm which activates the vine. On the nights of 27 and 28 April, the temperature drops to -6 ° C in some areas causing a significant frost. 57% of Château Mazeyres' plots are heavily damaged by this unfortunate weather event. After these "black" nights for many wineries in the region, heat and drought settle until the end of spring. This generates a water constraint of the vineyard. From June 25th, heavy rains mark a change in climatology. Summer is dry and rather cool. The veraison is early and fast. The rains of early September are welcome and allow the complete ripeness of the skins.

Harvest: 14th September to 4th October.

Blend of the 2017 vintage

Figures from the 2017 sheet

• 16.5 hl/haYield
• 37,733 bottlesProduction

Ageing

33% new oak and 67% casks of more than one year old and tanks.

Terroir

Gravels and sandy clay.