Château POUJEAUX
Red
- 2018
- Moulis
Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
- To keep or to drink :
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée :
- 2025-2035
From the same producer
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Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
Rated 92/100 by N. MARTIN «The 2020 Poujeaux is a wonderful Moulis-en-Médoc and likely to offer superb value-for-money. Bright blackberry commingles with blueberry and graphite on the nose, quite intense and determined to make an impression. The palate is structured but well balanced, the silver thread of acidity running from start to finish. A little glassy in style towards the finish, that will be tempered by bottle-age which Poujeaux always needs. Don't ignore this.» (December 2022)
Le millésime 2020 est noté 94/100 par La Revue du Vin de France : « Voilà un vin très séveux et prometteur. [...] Il déploie une bouche de belle définition, avec le charme habituel du cru et une belle intégration des tanins. »
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2040
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Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
The 2019 vintage is rated 94/100 by Neal Martin « The 2019 Poujeaux has a very delineated, focused bouquet of blackberry, cedar, mint and light tea leaf scents, one of the most complex I have encountered from this great estate in recent years. The medium-bodied palate is fresh, vibrant and grippy, with slightly chalky tannins and a saline, persistent finish.
» (Feb. 2022)Rated 92/100 by M. Quarin «le vin caresse le palais offrant une sensation de plénitude inconnue jusqu'alors. Très longue finale aux saveurs multidimensionnelles. Une grande réussite» (February 2022)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2036
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Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
Rated 90+/100 by Neal Martin « This feels a little pinched at the moment but it has the weight and intensity to fill out with bottle age. Maybe it would benefit from more complexity on the finish, but otherwise it is a well-crafted Poujeaux. » (February 2020)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2033
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Bought in 2008 by M. Cuvelier (Clos Fourtet), a new era is beginning at Poujeaux under the leadership of Messrs Thienpont and Derenoncourt.
With its racy elegance, natural velvetiness and delicate yet deep texture, Poujeaux is the most Saint-Julien of the Moulis wines, and a model of style for all the crus bourgeois of the Médoc.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2023-2038
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A small vineyard of 8 ha of old vines (70% Merlot), owned by Clos Fourtet. Superb wine, balanced and fruity and tasty, for a very modest price, which rightly became a grand cru classé in 2012. Totally agree with La Revue du Vin de France "The best quality/price ratio in Saint-Émilion".
Rated 92/100 by N. MARTIN « The 2020 Côte de Baleau has an attractive bouquet with blackberry, rasberry, dried blood and cedar. Lovely focus here, real class and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with blackberry, tobacco and graphite, again very well-focused with an engaging, mineral-driven finish that lingers in the mouth. This a very well-crafted Saint-Emilion that will age with style » (December 2022)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2036
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A small vineyard of 8 ha of old vines (70% Merlot), owned by Clos Fourtet. Superb wine, balanced and fruity and tasty, for a very modest price, which rightly became a grand cru classé in 2012. Totally agree with La Revue du Vin de France "The best quality/price ratio in Saint-Émilion".
Rated 91/100 by La Revue du Vin de France «Le vin de ce domaine de la famille Cuvelier,[...] offre un profil dynamique et sensible, caractérisé par un fruit généreux. Classé en 2012, confirmé en 2022, le cru a produit sur les sols argilo-calcaire et argilo-sableux du plateau, un 2018 d'une complexité relative mais d'une jolie texture.» (December 2022)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2038
- Potential alcohol:
- 14.5%
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Advised by Mr. Derenoncourt, Clos Fourtet regularly and unobtrusively demonstrates that the upper part of the Saint-Émilion plateau can produce wines as great as the Ausone or Pavie hillsides. Sobriety, depth, finesse and intensity are exemplary.
The 2019 vintage is rated 98/100 (the best rating in Saint-Emilion, on a par with Ausone and Cheval Blanc) by the Revue du Vin de France "The perfect fleshiness and just brilliance of this 2019 finish to convince us that we are in the presence of one of the greatest terroirs of Saint-Emilion." (September 2022)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2042
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Advised by Mr. Derenoncourt, Clos Fourtet regularly and unobtrusively demonstrates that the upper part of the Saint-Émilion plateau can produce wines as great as the Ausone or Pavie hillsides. Sobriety, depth, finesse and intensity are exemplary.
2018 vintage rated 95/100 in La Revue du Vin de France "La fraîcheur de la matière aux pafums de fruits et d'épices est soulignée par un boisé subtil qui donne du souffle au vin. Une réussite du millésime". (Nov. 2020)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2042
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Advised by Mr. Derenoncourt, Clos Fourtet regularly and unobtrusively demonstrates that the upper part of the Saint-Émilion plateau can produce wines as great as the Ausone or Pavie hillsides. Sobriety, depth, finesse and intensity are exemplary.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2016-2030
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Advised by Mr. Derenoncourt, Clos Fourtet regularly and unobtrusively demonstrates that the upper part of the Saint-Émilion plateau can produce wines as great as the Ausone or Pavie hillsides. Sobriety, depth, finesse and intensity are exemplary.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2016-2030