19 Rene Gabriel
2019 Château Péby Faugères, Saint Emilion: Fassprobe. Produktion ca. 12'000 Flaschen. Sattes Violett mit schwarzen Reflexen. Dunkelaromatisches Bouquet, zarte Rauchnoten, Mocca, Lakritze, Vanillemark, Szechuan Pfeffer und Heidelbeeren ohne Ende. In der zweiten Nase; Pumpernickel und Bitterschoko. Fleischiger Gaumen mit sattem Extrakt. Bleibt hier dunkelbeerig und vermittelt momentan logischerweise eine massive Adstringenz. Das Finale neigt zu einer gewissen Süsse in Form von Kandis und Sandelholz, ergänzt durch viel Lakritze und – nicht zu knapp – schwarzen Johannisbeeren. Ein ganz grosser Péby. Die 20/20 sind in Griffnähe … 19/20 warten
19 Rene Gabriel
2019 Château Péby Faugères, Saint Emilion: Fassprobe. Produktion ca. 12'000 Flaschen. Sattes Violett mit schwarzen Reflexen. Dunkelaromatisches Bouquet, zarte Rauchnoten, Mocca, Lakritze, Vanillemark, Szechuan Pfeffer und Heidelbeeren ohne Ende. In der zweiten Nase; Pumpernickel und Bitterschoko. Fleischiger Gaumen mit sattem Extrakt. Bleibt hier dunkelbeerig und vermittelt momentan logischerweise eine massive Adstringenz. Das Finale neigt zu einer gewissen Süsse in Form von Kandis und Sandelholz, ergänzt durch viel Lakritze und – nicht zu knapp – schwarzen Johannisbeeren. Ein ganz grosser Péby. Die 20/20 sind in Griffnähe … 19/20 warten
97 James Suckling
A round, juicy wine with blackberry, dried-tobacco, chocolate and stone character. Full and layered with chewy tannins and a finish with attractive fruit and wood complexity. Needs plenty of time to soften and come together. Try after 2025.
92 Wine Spectator
Emphasizes the ripe, richly textured fruit of the vintage but refines it just a little bit, with a welcoming fine-grained, supple structure underneath plum and cherry paste notes. Features a singed alder backdrop on the finish, with a nice tug of earth. Best from 2023 through 2035. 1,100 cases made. — JM
92 Wine Spectator
Emphasizes the ripe, richly textured fruit of the vintage but refines it just a little bit, with a welcoming fine-grained, supple structure underneath plum and cherry paste notes. Features a singed alder backdrop on the finish, with a nice tug of earth. Best from 2023 through 2035. 1,100 cases made. — JM
91 Robert Parker
The 2019 Péby Faugères bursts with aromas of vanilla pod, minty berry fruit, dark chocolate and creamy new wood. Full-bodied, polished and seamless, it's more refined than Le Merle (Péby Faugères is a 100% Merlot cuvée produced from the Faugères's best parcel), though with similar generously extracted tannins and livelier acids, concluding with a lavishly oak-inflected finish. It's a success in its genre, but Péby Faugères remains firmly stuck in the aesthetic of the early 2000s while the rest of the wine world moves on around it.
91 Robert Parker
The 2019 Péby Faugères bursts with aromas of vanilla pod, minty berry fruit, dark chocolate and creamy new wood. Full-bodied, polished and seamless, it's more refined than Le Merle (Péby Faugères is a 100% Merlot cuvée produced from the Faugères's best parcel), though with similar generously extracted tannins and livelier acids, concluding with a lavishly oak-inflected finish. It's a success in its genre, but Péby Faugères remains firmly stuck in the aesthetic of the early 2000s while the rest of the wine world moves on around it.