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| Unit Size | 750.00 ML |
| Varietal | Red Blend
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| Vintage | 2015 |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot |
| Country | France |
| Appellation | Pessac-Léognan |
| Region | Bordeaux
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| Alcohol Content | 14.50% |
By Chateau Olivier
Grand Cru Classe 2015
Blend
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Tasting Notes
The nose is very expressive, with ripe red fruit aromas as well as spicy nuances. The middle palate is velvety and full-bodied with rich, smooth tannin. This is a wine of substance, with a great balance between ripe aromatics, finesse, elegance, and a long aftertaste.
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Chateau Olivier 2015 Pessac-Leognan
Rating: 93
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Appellation: Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France
Winery: Chateau Olivier
Alcohol: 14.5%
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Category: Red
Importer: Chateau Olivier
Date Published: 4/1/2018
Reviewed by: Roger Voss
This wine has great fruit, rich tannins and attractive acidity. Round and with ripe spicy flavors, the wine already has good balance. Its acidity and crisp final fruitiness suggest a wine that will mature easily and gently. Drink from 2023.
CHATEAU OLIVIER PESSAC-LEOGNAN 2015
Friday, February 2, 2018
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2015
Score: 93
Love the aromas of currants and black cherries with blackberries and sandalwood. Full body, round and soft tannins and a savory finish. Shows brightness of fruit and intensity. Attractive balance. Drink in 2021.
2015 Chateau Olivier (Pessac-Leognan)
Points: 92
The smoke filled nose with its spicy red fruits and tobacco leaf sets the off in the right direction. Medium bodied, forward, soft and silky, the wine offers purity of fruit, polish and elegance.
Tasted May 21, 2018
CHATEAU OLIVIER Pessac-Leognan 2015
Score: 91
Region: France / Bordeaux / Pessac-Leognan
Type: Red
Issue: Mar 31, 2018
Solidly ripe, showing a nice flow to the cassis and plum fruit flavors, carried by graphite and tar accents. A singed alder hint melds through the finish, with a tobacco note lurking down the road. Delivers purity and charm. Best from 2020 through 2030. — JM
2015 Olivier
Producer: Olivier
From: France, Bordeaux, Pessac-Leognan
Color: Red
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Proprietary Blend
Rating: 91
Drink Date: 2022 - 2038
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date: 21st Feb 2018
Source: Interim Issue Mid-February 2018, The Wine Advocate
Medium garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Olivier is a little reticent at this youthful stage, offering exciting glimpses at fragrant earth, black raspberries, black cherries and red currant scents with suggestions of mossy bark, bay leaves and tilled soil. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with mineral and earth-laced red and black fruits with firm, grainy tannins and a lovely herbal lift on the finish.
Chateau Olivier, Pessac-Leognan, Cru Classe de Graves, 2015
Tasted by John Stimpfig, Stephen Brook
Part of 30 top Bordeaux wines under £30
Points: 91
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2030
Producer: Chateau Olivier
Vintage: 2015
Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Pessac-Leognan
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Body: Full
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Following Denis Dubourdieu’s soil analysis, today this wine is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and favours elegance over density. Smoky aromas of blackberries, refined and pure. A light touch but no lack of intensity. Stylish and long.
Olivier 2015 Olivier
Points: 89+
Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux
Red wine from France
The 2015 Olivier offers attractive brambly black fruit mixed with briary and cedar. My feeling is that this has closed up since I tasted it just after bottling. The palate comes across a tad raw on the entry with harder tannins than before, although I suspect it will improve with continued bottle age. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
Neal Martin. Tasting date: January 2019
Ch Olivier 2015 Pessac-Leognan
Producer: Ch Olivier
Appellation: Pessac-Leognan
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Colour: Red
Score: 16/20
When to drink: 2022 – 2030
Published on: 7 Feb 2019
Date tasted: 23 Jan 2019
Reviewer: Jancis Robinson
Tasted blind. Neat and sweet. Refreshing but not top-drawer. Fairly short term.
