Château Gazin 2025

Château Gazin is a Pomerol estate with roots in the Middle Ages, owned by the Bailliencourt dit Courcol family on the right bank of Bordeaux. Pomerol wines are unclassified but highly regarded for their terroir, and Gazin is led by Merlot with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard lies on clay and gravel with a seam of the iron-rich subsoil known as crasse de fer, which gives Pomerol Merlot its plush texture and savoury, mineral depth, while the clay keeps the vines cool and the fruit fresh at a moderate 13 percent. The wine ages eighteen months in 225-litre French oak barrels, softening the tannin and adding spice through gentle oxygen exchange. The colour is deep ruby. The nose shows ripe plum and dark berry over warm earth, tobacco and a thread of liquorice. The palate is full but supple, with rounded, fine-grained tannin, a savoury mineral core and a long finish carrying cocoa and oak spice. It is approachable with bottle age yet built to keep. Serve at 17 to 18 degrees and decant an hour ahead. Match it with roast red meat and game.