A very intense yet playfully ripe and balanced expression of dark plums, dark stones and blackberries. Then wait for the dark, leafy notes of dark tea and charcoal as well as deeply integrated wood aromas of violets and cloves. The palate moves on a very energized and fluid bed of tannin that builds very smoothly into an ascending finish. Plush, impressive and very composed. Super long and focused finish. Try from 2022.

Powerful, dense and explosive, the 2015 Péby Faugères is superb. Black cherry, mocha, tobacco, menthol and licorice are racy and voluptuous in the glass. Readers should expect a super-ripe, flamboyant wine loaded with personality. Péby Faugères is 100% old-vine Merlot from the heart of Silvio Denz's Saint-Émilion property. Done in an extravagant style, Péby is not especially subtle, but it is often arrestingly beautiful, as it is again in 2015.

Alluring, with steeped plum and boysenberry confiture notes that are rich and lush in feel, yet stay bright through the finish, presenting a light brambly underpinning and suave spice and toast details. Gorgeous fruit.

– James Molesworth (WineSpectator.com, April 2016)

The 2015 Peby Faugeres is pure Merlot cropped at 27 hl/ha between 1-12 October and matured in 65% new oak. It has a ripe cassis and blueberry scented bouquet that just feels a little static at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, the oak a little dominant at the moment, plenty of sappy black fruit with a saline finish that displays good tension. This Peby-Faugeres seems more refined than recent vintages and once the nose gains more animation, then it could turn into a commendable Saint Emilion, even if I find the 2015 Faugeres more to my taste.

– eRobertParker.com, April 2016

Very dark. Meaty nose. Very sweet! And masses of oak and this is really in the old style! Quite painful to taste! Too much. A wine to be impressed by rather than to enjoy. Drink 2021-2030.

– jancisrobinson.com, Apr 2016