Chateau Poitevin Medoc Cru Bourgeois Superieur 2019 (750ml)
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Description
Château Poitevin is a family estate in the Médoc, the left-bank heart of Bordeaux. This 2019 is a Bordeaux blend of hand-harvested grapes, bottled young and made to drink with freshness and immediacy. Cru Bourgeois Supérieur classification marks it as a solid, well-made wine from a property with consistent standards.
The wine opens with a perfumed, floral bouquet that shifts toward red fruit, orange zest, and gentle spice as it develops in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied and lively, with supple tannins that sit comfortably within a framework of good structure and purity. There's an elegant linearity to it, no heaviness, just clean red-fruit expression and a whisper of graphite on the finish. This is a wine that rewards a few minutes of air and will drink beautifully now, in its youth, when that freshness and sappiness are at their best.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Medoc |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend Red |
| Producer | Chateau Poitevin |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
This is the 2019, not the 2018, but I am including it because it is worth getting hold of while fresh, fragrant and sappy, as this is in abundance. From a family estate up near the widening of the Médoc Estuary, all grapes are hand harvested. Always a reductive opening to this wine, and you get it again here, making a salty, tangy lemon peel and white peach opener alongside touches of cold ash and gunsmoke, just a great glass of white wine that is quite unusual in shape for a Bordeaux white, and always worth looking out for.
The 2019 Poitevin has a perfumed, floral bouquet with more red fruit than I observed from barrel, showing fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, very cohesive and harmonious. There’s just a touch of graphite on the finish. Stylish, top-notch Poitevin.
The 2019 Poitevin is performing better than it did when I tasted it earlier this year, when I suspect it was still shut down after bottling. Opening in the glass with attractive aromas of orange zest, sweet red berries, petals and spices, it's medium-bodied, lively and elegant, with lovely purity of fruit and nicely integrated structure.