"The 2025 Poujeaux is fabulous. Right out of the gate, it offers superb fruit intensity and plenty of structure to match....an especially potent Poujeaux... 92-95 points" Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com
Released for sale en primeur today at just £188 per dozen in bond, 2025 Château Poujeaux is within reach of being a 'daily' drinker; impressive for a wine scoring up to 95 points, and from a property owned, along with Clos Fourtet, by Mathieu Cuvelier, with Stéphane Derenoncourt consulting, and made on biodynamic principles.
We have followed Poujeaux for some years and have always found that it performs well above its price and classification. Jane Anson describes it as "easily one of the best in the appellation, and one that for me equals many 1855-classified growths". Under Cuvelier, the estate has been modernized and is moving steadily towards biodynamic viticulture.
Tasting the 2025, we found an excellent depth of fruit, a fine structure and layers of herbal and mineral notes, echoing Galloni's tasting notes. You can read more about the château below, or simply e-mail us to place your order.
Offered en primeur, landing spring 2028.
Magnums available with £25 ex-VAT bottling surcharge, please enquire re other formats.
Producer Profile
Château Poujeaux
Château Poujeaux is an AOC estate in the commune of Moulis-en-Médoc. In 2003 it was classified as a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel but the property has since opted out of the classification.
For many years owned by the Theil family, it was bought in 2008 by the Philippe Cuvelier, owner of Clos Fourtet in St Emilion. Mathieu Cuvelier is in charge here and has modernized the estate, which is also moving towards organic and biodynamic production. Stéphane Derenoncourt is the consultant oenologist.
63 hectares of the 70-hectare estate are planted in a single block to 50 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 40 % Merlot, 5 % Cabernet Franc and 5 % Petit Verdot, on a rise of Gunzian gravel. Moulis-en-Médoc sits in between Margaux and St-Julien, as you head north from Bordeaux.
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Tasting Notes"Offering up attractive aromas of petals, dark berries and cigar wrapper, the 2025 Poujeaux is medium-bodied, with a sweet core of fruit and lively acids but surprisingly firm tannins that assert themselves on the chewy finish. Perhaps, like the 2022, it will round out with more time in barrel? It's a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot. 88-91 points" William Kelley, RobertParker.com------"Gorgeous aromatics intensity on the nose, lots of perfumed ripe blackcurrants and black cherries with some liquorice and black chocolate. Crunchy and crisp, quite straight and streamlined with the cool acidity driving this wine forward and a layer of chalky, flint and stony texture that lingers on the palate leaving the finish cool and grippy. A little lean and linear, but this should fill out over ageing. Excellent Médoc minty freshness with liquorice and clove spice. A yield of 27hl/ha. 3.78pH. Ageing 16-18 months, 25% new, 45% one year, 30% two years. 92 points" Georgina Hindle, Decanter Magazine------"A serious, balanced Moulis-en-Médoc, the 2025 Château Poujeaux is based on 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 8% Petit Verdot from gravel soils. The nose reveals juicy black cherry, spring flowers, graphite, some minerality, and nicely integrated oak, and it's medium-bodied on the palate, with a fresh, concentrated mouthfeel and good overall balance. It's very much in the fresh, straight, nicely concentrated style of the vintage and will have a long life. 91-93 points" Jebdunnuck.com------"The 2025 Poujeaux, which has a little more Cabernet Sauvignon, was cropped at 27 hl/ha. It has a well-defined bouquet with black fruit tinged with freshly shucked oyster shell. Classical in style, honed and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with quite rounded, malleable tannins. Fine acidity, black fruit in the driving seat, with more red fruit emerging towards the refined finish. This is a superb Moulis that will age for many years. 92-94 points" Neal Martin, Vinous.com ------"Textural, balanced and focused with currants and wild herbs on the nose. Medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Well-built with a dense core of red berries and a compact finish with length. Attractive spice undertones. 93-94 points" jamessuckling.com------"The 2025 Poujeaux is fabulous. Right out of the gate, it offers superb fruit intensity and plenty of structure to match. Dark blue and black-toned fruit, grilled herbs, menthol, lavender and licorice infuse the palate with tremendous depth. Broad swaths of tannin add to an impression of somber intensity. Yields were just 27 hectoliters per hectare. That, along with a higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon vis-à-vis most years, has resulted in an especially potent Poujeaux. Tasted two times. 92-95 points" Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com |
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