Château de Pez
The little village of Pez, near St Estèphe, is home to a number of cru bourgeois properties, most little-known when compared with the superstars of the same commune, the likes of Montrose, Cos d’Estournel and Calon-Ségur. Perhaps the most widely appreciated is Ormes de Pez, a château which, through the quality of its wines and perhaps also its membership of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, not to mention the long tenure of the Cazes family, seems to have a broad and appreciative following.
Just next-door, however, is Château de Pez, an estate which, since the takeover in the 1990s by the Rouzaud family, perhaps better known for their successful stewardship of Roederer, is increasingly worthy of our attention.
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