In Bond Fine Wine. 2018 Château Potensac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France. Cru bourgeois • Red Bordeaux in 12x75cl. Top critic score: 93/100 (JD). Drinking window: 2022–2038. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 90–92/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 23/04/2019
The 2018 Potensac is blended of 45% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, all harvested between September 21 and October 13, with yields of 49 hectoliters per hectare. The wine has 14.42% alcohol and is to be aged in barriques, 35% new; the finished blend was put into barrels last December. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it rolls effortlessly out of the gl…
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 93/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 22/07/2021 · Drink 2026 - 2041
The Grand Vin 2018 Chateau Potensac (45% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot) sports a deeper purple, almost opaque hue to go with lots of ripe black cherry and currant-like fruits intermixed with notes of toasty oak, tobacco, graphite, and earth. Richer and more concentrated than the Chapelle de Potensac release, with full-bodied richness and building…
Neal Martin (NM) — 89/100 · Vinous, 21/03/2021 · Drink 2022-2038
The 2018 Potensac has an outgoing nose of wild strawberry and raspberry notes and touches of meat juices, a slight gaminess emerging with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with edgy, crisp tannins. Quite tight on the entry, it finds its groove in the second half, displaying commendable delineation and tension on the graphite-tinged, slightly austere finish. Fine.