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Petit Bocq 2010
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux 2010 tasting. The Chateau Petit Bocq has an attractive bouquet with raspberry, redcurrant, mocha and dried herbs - perhaps a little oaky but still attractive. The palate is medium-bodied and a little disjointed at the moment. It is generous if slightly generic towards the finish where the oak feels a touch too heavy-handed. I was expecting more given its showing from barrel. Tasted January 2014.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The Le Petit Bocq has impressive freshness and vitality on the nose with fresh brambly blackberry fruit. The palate is fresh and well defined with tensile tannins, ebullient red-berried fruit marked with superb acidity and vigour. Perhaps not a long-term Saint Estephe but very feminine and beautifully crafted. Tasted April 2011.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Always an exuberant, richly fruity wine that shows classic Bordeaux hallmarks, this blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot has plenty of black fruits, truffle, graphite and licorice as well as sweet tannins in a medium-bodied, richly fruity, glycerin-endowed style that makes for a very seductive wine meant to be drunk over the next 7-8 years. A member of the Alliance des Cru Bourgeois du Medoc.
About the Producer
The owner of Château Petit Bocq, Francis Souquet, is an experienced winemaker and connoisseur of the terroir of the Médoc region. He was the vineyard manager at Château Ducru Beaucaillou, which is classified as a 2ème Grand Cru Classé in Saint-Julien. In August 1993, it was acquired by Dr. Gaetan Lagneaux, a great wine enthusiast since his teenage years, who had previously been a collaborator with the Marquis d'Estournel Estate. This is how Petit Bocq's estate managed to grow from 1.30 hectares of vines in 1993 to 19.41 hectares today. In 2003, Château Petit Bocq was included in the Cru Bourgeois Supérieur ranking. Its brand was redesigned, and this was the first time the iconic ladybug appeared. The 2003 ranking was canceled by a court ruling due to formal complaints from some excluded winemakers, but the Cru Bourgeois classification was reintroduced in 2009.
