2024 Potensac
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The 2024 Château Potensac is 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, resting in just 15% new barrels. Ripe red and blue fruits, graphite, crushed stone, and some subtle tobacco and herbal notes all give this a classic Cabernet feel, and it's medium-bodied, with a juicy, elegant mouthfeel, present tannins, and a good finish.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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Deep garnet-purple colored. Rocks up with open-knit scents of crushed cranberries, red cherries, and fragrant soil, followed by hints of dried herbs and graphite. The light-bodied palate is crisp and sprightly, delivering sour cherry and herbal flavors with lightly chewy tannins, finishing with a lively lift.
A blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc and 33% Merlot, the 2024 Potensac exhibits notes of cherries, cassis and pencil shavings, followed by a medium to full-bodied, lively palate with good density and sweetness of tannin. It will, however, require some patience.
Sappy acidities, bright and vivid red fruits but a touch leafy, which brings things to a close more swiftly than the past excellent few vintages at this property. 15% new oak. 3.68 pH. 35 hl/ha. 12.2% press wine. Harvest 27 September to 2 October Mikaël Georges technical director, 35hl/h yield. This is the lowest amount of Merlot to date in this wine, a reflection of the reworked vineyard. There is still a 2nd wine at Potensac, but sold in bottle only.