Ch Pierbone Haut Medoc 2015

3 Reviews

The 2015 is a perfumed and enticing, medium-bodied cabernet-dominant blend with bags of character and appeal. Despite the generosity of the vintage, there’s no shortage of elegance here with red-fruit notes on the palate and a long cool finish.

£15.50 Bottle

£186.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: CM27691

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Full-bodied
Cabernet Merlot
75cl
Now to 2028
13% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, natural

Château Peyrabon

This 50-hectare cru bourgeois estate has been under the ownership of wine merchant Patrick Bernard since 1998. The odd thing here is that its vineyards are divided between the Haut-Médoc and Pauillac appellations. The 40 hectares of Haut-Médoc vineyards lie just a mile or so from the border with the Pauillac commune, and the 7 hectares of vines within the boundaries of Pauillac neighbour Châteaux Liversan and Ramage La Batisse.

The wines from the Haut-Médoc vineyards are mostly bottled as Château Payrabon while the wines from Pauillac are bottled as La Fleur de Payrabon. A second wine, Château Pierbone, is a cru bourgeois in its own right made from fruit grown in the Haut-Médoc appellation. Here the terroir is a mix of sand, gravel, clay and limestone planted with cabernet sauvignon (60%), merlot (35%), cabernet franc (3%) and petit verdot (2%).

Patrick Bernard put his money where his mouth is when buying this estate and has invested heavily to improve the vineyards and the winery. Picking is carried out both manually and by machine and vinification takes place in temperature controlled stainless-steel vats where malolactic fermentation occurs, before the wine is aged in French oak barrels.