【Wine Enthusiast 93 pts】
【Vinous 92 pts】
【Decanter 92 pts】
【James Suckling 91 pts】
【Falstaff 91 pts】
【Wine Spectator 91 pts】
ZF648A - Chateau Poujeaux 2016
Special price: $275/bottle
Production area: France/ Bordeaux/ Moulis-en-Medoc
Grape varieties: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Made from 35-year-old vine grapes, it is mainly fruity and has a soft violet floral aroma. Complex, especially spices, cocoa beans and tea leaves. Fine and dense tannins with a long finish.
【James Suckling 91 pts】
The black-cherry and blackcurrant aromas are enticing. Medium body, firm and silky tannins and a clean, fresh finish. Shows intensity and clean acidity. Drink after 2020.
【Vinous 92 pts】
The 2016 Branas Grand Poujeaux has a delightful bouquet of brambly red berry fruit laced with damp loamy aromas, the oak here neatly enmeshed. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, brown spices liberally sprinkled over the red berry fruit and a satisfying sense of precision on the finish. A very fine, serious Moulis that comes highly recommended. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
【Wine Enthusiast 93 pts】
The sector of Poujeaux is one of the most prestigious in Moulis. This wine, from a 29-acre estate, is rich in tannins and dense in opulent black fruit. It is a powerful statement, tempered by acidity that gives a final lift. Drink from 2023.
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F784D - Chateau Poujeaux 2014
Unit price: $298/bottle
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Region/grade: France / Bordeaux / Moulis-Medoc
Tasting notes: The aroma of blackberries, blueberries and orange peel runs through the entire wine, with a rich fruity aroma and a fresh finish. The barrel finish adds complexity, with firm, slightly salty tannins and a long, mineral finish. flexible. Overall elegant and balanced! It is worth mentioning that after fermentation, the wine will be matured in 30%-40% new French oak barrels for another 12 months.
Introduction: Chateau Poujeaux is a well-known Bordeaux superstar winery and recognized as one of the “Three Masters” of middle-class wineries! Coinciding with the 2016 Bordeaux Five-Star Century, the winery has created another masterpiece with extraordinary charm, not to be missed! Clive Coates MW, a well-known British wine master, recorded an interesting incident in his book "Fine Wines: Bordeaux Grand Cru Chateaus and Their Wines": Once, the French President held a dinner at the Elysée Palace, and the owner of Chateau Lafite, Baron Elie, There are also banquets. After the banquet, the Baron said: "Thank you, Your Excellency the President, for choosing my 1953 Lafite. I am deeply honored." Unexpectedly, the president told him: "Actually, that is Chateau Poujeaux." This anecdote is enough to illustrate the excellent quality of Poujeaux! In the 2003 revision of the Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, Chateau Poujeaux was listed as a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel. Although the "Special Cru" title was banned due to constant controversy in 2007, many wine critics and winemakers still believe it Shangjun believes that Chateau Poujeaux is one of the models for middle-level chateaus. In 2010, a strictly revised Cru Bourgeois classification system was reintroduced, which has no hierarchy. Therefore, Chateau Poujeaux and five other wineries with Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel formed an organization called Les Exceptionnels, independent of the new classification system.
