(04-1998) Deep, velvety; a rich 'meaty' nose; sweet and pretty massive.
90 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu
90 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu
(09-2007)
89 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
89 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
(02-1997) Both the 1989 and 1990 wines have consistently scored slightly higher than indicated in my original reviews. I have noted before that after years of mediocrity, Gazin began to move in a positive direction beginning with the 1988 vintage. Even wines from more difficult years, 1992, 1993, and 1994, have been well-made. The lovely, forward 1989 possesses a dark ruby color with no amber at the edge. The big, sweet nose of cherry fruit, cedar, spice, herbs, and caramel is followed by a supple wine with excellent concentration, low acidity, and sweet tannin in the round, generous finish.
The wines of Château GAZIN are very typical of the terroir in Pomerol. Their lavish generosity offers a wide range of aromas of red fruit and black that blends with their intense color, purple or garnet. The wines of Chateau GAZIN also issue, in most cases, shades of plum, chocolate, coffee and licorice aromas of almond, toast, tobacco and vanilla, fresh mint. The maturity gives them a nose of spices, perfumes of truffles, underbrush notes and animals as game, fur, leather .... In the mouth, they are characterized by their refined tannins, balance and concentration brightened by a delicate woodland. . Feminine, charming, because of the dominance of Merlot, the wines are tasted pleasantly GAZIN Castle, after several years of aging, but they deserve most often wait fifteen, twenty or more years. .
Deep, velvety; a rich 'meaty' nose; sweet and pretty massive.
Both the 1989 and 1990 wines have consistently scored slightly higher than indicated in my original reviews. I have noted before that after years of mediocrity, Gazin began to move in a positive direction beginning with the 1988 vintage. Even wines from more difficult years, 1992, 1993, and 1994, have been well-made. The lovely, forward 1989 possesses a dark ruby color with no amber at the edge. The big, sweet nose of cherry fruit, cedar, spice, herbs, and caramel is followed by a supple wine with excellent concentration, low acidity, and sweet tannin in the round, generous finish.