Château de Pez: Vineyards
The vineyards of Château de Pez amount to 42 hectares; the vast majority of these vines are located in a single parcel associated with the château, on a plateau just to the west of Château Meyney and the village of St Estèphe itself. We find the château and cellars on the the southern periphery of the hamlet of Pez, alongside Château Ormes de Pez, while this main parcel of vines sit in a block extending eastward.
Only a small percentage of the estate’s vines are outside this main parcel, with a handful of plots to the south, and one to the east. Even these parcels are just on the other side of the road though, so this is a compact estate, all the vines lying within a very short distance of the cellars.
This position places the property and its vines on the edge of a pocket of Terrace 3 gravel, beneath which there lies a clay subsoil and then the Calcaire de St Estèphe, the limestone bedrock that runs deep – and sometimes not so deep – beneath this appellation. The vines enjoy a typical Médocian altitude of just 18 metres above sea level, sloping down to just 12 metres towards the northern end. This might not sound vertigo-inducing, nevertheless it means Château de Pez has one of the highest vineyards in the appellation.
