Fruity Merlot-based wine with a good dose of oak and terroir, drinking very well. An excellent value Claret, made alongside the great St-Emilion Grand cru, Château Teyssier. The stunning 2005 vintage has produced a big wine which will take a couple of years to come together but this should be an excellent début for the irrepressible Maltus.

2007 to 2012

Merlot with a little Cabernet Franc (yields as for St Emilion)

Vignonet, towards the river near Branne - a pace outside St-Emilion.

Very much in the same manner as Teyssier - and all the Maltus wines. Very modern (almost New World style) Bordeaux. The wine spends 12 months in oak barrels

13%

"In Pezat [Maltus] has achieved the seemingly impossible - a hugely enjoyable, finely constructed, over-delivering fruity Bordeaux Superieur at a New World-beating price. If this could be replicated across Bordeaux, the region’s troubles would be over." (Tomas Clancy, Sunday Business Post)

"Pezat is simply sensational because of its quality, because of its price, and most intriguingly of all because it’s a Bordeaux that so comprehensively over-delivers. It’s a brilliant wine, boasting a perfect baton hand-over between its modern fresh fruit and Bordeaux tart ‘n’ tannin. And whether you care greatly about wine or just fancy a decent bottle, I urge you to try it." (Irish Examiner)

"Given top care. Mid crimson. Quite spicy and nutty. An extra dimension. Lively and fresh. Quite a lot of acidity. Twenty per cent new oak. There’s an interesting note to it that made me think there was some unusual oak." 16/20 (Jancis Robinson)

"This is given top care. With lower than normal cropping, handpicking, double sorting and vinification at Ch. Teyssier, this has terrific fruit and even sees twenty per cent new oak. This rich, medium-bodied, deeply coloured, Merlot based wine is moderately tannic, and clearly offers an extra dimension of quality at this price point. This wine is lively and fresh and should drink well upon release and over the next 5 years. This was a real standout when we tasted through this last offering from Bordeaux. As we have often said "We know of no other wine region in the world where you can buy higher quality Cabernet and Merlot-based wines that drink well young, yet can age for 5-7 years, than in Bordeaux." This has our value/quality seal of approval! An AWM BEST BUY." (Asheville Wine Market, North Carolina)

Classic Bordeaux combinations (roast beef or lamb, for example) certainly work but because of the up-front style of the wine it can take on a wide range of foods.