Leading left-bank Bordeaux of Grand cru classé quality

Opening intensely with a bouquet of deep dark fruit, crushed violets and smoke. Fleshy with a medium-bodied palate of warm dark plums, wild raspberries and blackberries along with notes of cinnamon, pencil-lead and mild tobacco. Mouth-watering with fine-grained tannins with a savoury and unyielding finish.

• 15.5pts Jancis Robinson (Tasted Nov '21)
• 92pts Robert Parker (Tasted Apr '22)
• 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
• 12 months in oak (30% new)

Cellaring: 2023-2045

Food Pairing: Chicken stew w/ saffron & fennel, bacon-wrapped jalapeños, dark chocolate & plum tart

STORY BEHIND THIS WINE

“It's one of Bordeaux's greatest values and a Château I'm happy to have in my own cellar” William Kelley (Wine Advocate) Sitting dramatically on a deep gravel dome that many consider to be the finest terroir in Moulis, Château Poujeaux has a long history of producing benchmark wines in the region. It is a leading Cru Bourgeois estate of such quality that the Baron Rothschild himself once mistook one of their Grand Vins for his very own Chateau Lafite. High, if unintended praise indeed. A sif thast wasn't enough, 2019 was an exceptional vintage for this estate.