2016 Poitevin
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Revealing scents of sweet red berries, plums, petals and tobacco leaf, the 2016 Poitevin is medium-bodied, supple and perfumed, with a fleshy core of succulent, vibrant fruit, melting tannins and an expansive finish. It's an elegant, seamless wine from this 40-hectare estate.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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This offers violets and some aged meat, as well as ripe purple fruit, leading to a palate that has a smooth and velvety feel and plenty of tannin crunch. A blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot. Drink or hold.
The 2016 Poitevin has a crisp, focused bouquet with pure blackberry and boysenberry notes tinged with crushed stone. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, quite feminine in style with a silky smooth, black cherry and blueberry finish that caresses the senses. This is a well-crafted, utterly delicious Médoc. Tasted at the Oenoconseil tasting room in Bordeaux.
55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot. Deep cherry red. Ripe damson fruit, very Merlot on the nose and just a hint of something floral, perhaps from the Petit Verdot. Unexpectedly dilute on the palate, the structure almost outweighing the fruit, but nothing aggressive. (JH)