Appellations

Poujeaux 2021

Moulis, Cru bourgeois

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Tasting Notes

Fresh acidities but well expressed fruit, majoring on blueberry and cassis, with an attractive sense of engagement and momentum. Hard to find a creamy mid palate in 2021, but the oak has integrated over ageing, and there is charm here. Mathieu and Philippe Cuvelier owners, Christophe Labenne director, consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt. Tasted twice.

Score: 90 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2038 Date: 10 April 2024

The 2021 Poujeaux is a bit hard to taste today, as it is rather closed at this stage—perhaps a result of its bottling a few months ago. Dark-toned fruit, herbs, gravel, graphite and spice lend notable character. Today, the savoriness of the Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot are pretty evident.

Score: 89 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2025-2041 Date: 27 February 2024

The 2021 Poujeaux put in a good performance from barrel. Now in bottle, it has a clean and well-defined nose that demonstrates slightly more fruit concentration than its peers: black cherries, raspberry, sea spray and light estuarine scents. The palate is medium-bodied with granular tannins. This is a slightly austere Poujeaux, yet it retains balance and offers more complexity compared to others, lightly spiced toward the finish with decent length. Drink this over the next 15 years.

Score: 91 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026-2040 Date: 22 February 2024

Deep crimson. Fresh nose suggests some sort of vegetation but is not unripe. Rich and sweet palate entry with beguiling fruit that is superficially pleasing but there is not quite the structure needed for long ageing. Nothing at all wrong with this and it could be GV. Just a little inky and ungenerous on the finish.

Score: 15+ James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2026-2036 Date: 06 May 2022

A fresh and focused 2021 with fine tannins that are pretty in the center-palate. Medium body, firm tannins and a racy finish. Pretty wine.

Score: 91 - 92 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 01 May 2022

The 2021 Poujeaux is a strong effort, opening in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with notions of pencil shavings, violets and loamy soil. Medium-bodied, elegant and seamless, it's a pretty middleweight, framed by lively acids and powdery, melting tannins.

Score: 89 - 91 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 29 April 2022

The 2021 Château Poujeaux comes a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot representing 70% of the production. It offers a solid array of ripe red and black fruits as well as tobacco leaf and cedar notes. These carry to a medium-bodied, round, charming, forward wine with lots of character. The Moulis region did reasonably well with regard to the frost in 2021, but they were still hit by it, so this cuvée represents 70% of the total production.

Score: 87 - 89 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 06 February 2022