Pomerol · vintage 2017
Château Petit-Village 2017
Ageing potential20+ years
Why this vintage
- 94-95 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 6 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2017 vintage in PomerolFrost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.
- Ageing potential20+ years
- Limited production30 000 bottles of this vintage.
Critic scores
- James Suckling94-95
- Vinous94
- Wine Enthusiast93
- Wine Advocate92
- Jeb Dunnuck92
- Wine Spectator92
- Decanter90
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
Château Petit-Village 2017 reveals a pretty purplish-purple color. The nose is very expressive with scents of blueberries and fresh blackberries. The Cabernet franc brings a floral touch of violets. On the palate, the wine is ample and silky with fine-grained and elegant tannins. The aromatic finish is long and full of freshness.
Blend of the 2017 vintage
- 71 % Merlot
- 20 % Cabernet franc
- 9 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2017 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 75 % merlot, 18 % cabernet franc, 7 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2017 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 35 yrsVine age
- 30,000 bottlesProduction
Ageing
After the malolactic fermentation stage, all of the wines benefit from well-controlled ageing in oak barrels: 60% in new barrels and 40% in wine barrels, for 15 months.
Terroir
Château Le Petit-Village lies at the heart of Pomerol, on a magnificent clay-gravel plateau. It is a single-block vineyard of 10.5 hectares forming a triangle. Its terroir is composed of deep gravels coated with light sandy clays over a subsoil of alios known as crasse de fer, characteristic of the great wines of Pomerol. Every terroir has a grape variety that remains true to it. At Château Petit-Village, each plot, with its own personality, is planted with the variety suited to it. Merlot predominates on the property (75%): it provides the flesh of the wine and gives it its velvety texture, its roundness and its generosity. To this are added Cabernet Franc (18%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (7%), varieties essential for structure and complexity.
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Texts and documents 2017
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.