Winemaker Notes
Merlot, the principal grape variety at Château Pey La Tour, joined by Cabernet Sauvignon, revealed wines with deep color and round, full-bodied structure.
Blend: 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
A well-integrated wine, this brings together rich blackberry fruits, acidity and a core of dry tannins. With all these well-judged elements in place, the wine has a good future. Drink from 2021.
Chateau Pey la Tour benefits from one of the finest terroirs in the Bordeaux appellation. The wines produced at Chateau Pey la Tour owe their character to the soil type specific to the region and remarkable diversity of terroirs. Since Dourthe purchased Château Pey La Tour in 1990, the team has been fully committed to revealing the full potential of this stunning terroir and to crafting a magnificent, characterful, complex and elegant wine. The estate has achieved a reputation beyond its appellation as the model of a great, yet affordable, Bordeaux wine.
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.