Château Petit-Village 2017

Purplish purple. What olfactory finesse with scents of blueberries and blackberries. Pleasant notes of mint, floral touch of violets. Delicious and fruity attack. On the palate, the wine has body, fullness and fruit. Lots of elegance in this wine, with a superb correlation between tannins and acidity. The fruit is delicious, the tannins have a fine grain and the aroma is revealed from start to finish on the palate. A great success in Petit-Village. Well done. 2024–2037

This is layered and very poised with plum and chocolate character. Full body and chewy tannins that are polished and focused. Very long and serious.

My best rating given to this en primeur vintage. Here is the most beautiful building I know in Petit Village. Its status has been rising little by little since 2015. While certain wines benefit from the higher presence of Cabernet Franc, it is progressing thanks to 100% Merlot! This vintage definitely escapes any generalization. Dark, intense and beautiful color. Moderately aromatic nose, with ripe fruitiness. On the palate it is the juiciest wine I have tasted at Petit Village in a very long time (same note as the 2016). Fleshy, suave, full, it develops tasty with brightness and a perfect tannic coating. It's good !

Petit Village was completely spared from the frosts in 2017. Composed of 71% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Petit Village is deep garnet-purple in color and is a little reluctant to begin, with slowly emerging notes of warm plums, blackberry pie and baked blueberries plus sparks of kirsch, licorice, camphor and chargrill. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a generous amount of mid-palate flesh and really ripe, plush tannins, finishing with loads of blue, black and red fruit layers.