chateau branas grand poujeaux 2018 (12 Magnums)
Regular price £408.00Vineyard
Owner: Justin Onclin
Area: 12 Hectares
The Wine
Grape Varieties: 5% Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon 45% and Merlot 50%
Ageing: 70% New Barrels
Soil Type: Gunz Garonna gravels
ABV: 13.5%
Ageing: 15 Years
Tasting Notes
Ample and fleshy, the 2018 Branas Grand Poujeaux is a medium to full-bodied, supple, fruit-driven wine evocative of violets, ripe cherries and berries, framed by a sweet patina of new oak. Generous and extrovert, it's one of the commune's flashier, more modern-styled wines, without losing its Bordelais identity. 90/100 Parker Wine Advocate
Today Branas Grand Poujeaux amounts to some 23 hectares, having doubled in size by the incorporation of a contiguous neighbor. The estate's highly morcellated holdings are dotted around the plateau of Grand Poujeaux on deep gravel soils and are planted with some 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Directed by Arjen Pen, with veteran Right Bank winemaker Hubert de Boüard as consultant, the estate's style is rich and dramatic, framed by a generous but nicely integrated patina of new oak that mark these out as among the more impactful wines in Moulis. In the vineyards, new plantings are at high density and soils are mechanically cultivated, without pesticides since 2002. Malolactic occurs in barrel, some 50% of which are new.
Pairs well with
Beef, Lamb and Venison
