Chateau Poujeaux Vintage 2010 VINTAGE WINES 1966Chteau Poujeaux is a well regarded former Cru Bourgeois wine estate located in the Moulis en Medoc sub appellation of the Haut Mdoc wine region, just north of Bordeaux city, on the so called "left bank" of the Gironde estuary. In 2010, a heavily revised Cru Bourgeois label was re introduced that did not establish a tiered system and, as a result, Chteau Poujeaux and five other houses that had been named Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel formed their own
Possibly the best since 1961 and also coincided with the influence of Robert Parker on the wine buying public
This pours medium garnet with medium bricking
just a few miles southwest of Bordeaux’s city center
The château's history is closely linked to that of Château Pavie
The 2003 vintage is remembered for its heatwave giving fears of overheated grapes producing baked wine
Matured in 30% new oak barrels
The 1981 vintage suffered with terrible growing conditions resulting in a tiny crop and as a result already quite rare
founded in 1853
These glasses emphasise the minerality of the wine
an agreement was made between Joe Heitz and Tom May to source cabernet sauvignon fruit from May’s small Oakville vineyard for Heitz wines
it was largely ignored and receives little press these days
Managed by the Droig family after Jean retired in 1994
