Medoc
The Médoc is arguably the most famous red wine district in the world, home to many of the greatest and most renowned names of Bordeaux. Stretching north-west from the city of Bordeaux with the Gironde estuary to the east, the vineyards extend up to eight miles from the river and run for about 50 miles northwards. As a rule of thumb, the greatest wines are made at those properties closest to the water.
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£15.95
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£191.40
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£132.60
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Chateau Potensac,
For laying down,
One of the several wines in the Jean-Hubert Delon (Léoville Las Cases) stable, Ch. Potensac is a great little wine. It holds its own when tasted alongside its more illustrious siblings, displaying a powerful underbelly and precise structure. It usually offers exceptional value and rewards five to 10 years’ cellaring – I expect both aspects to be true this year. Spicy green peppers greet the nose, combined with dark fruit, blackberry, blackcurrant and cherry. There is some sweet fruit on the finish, which is well balanced, quite long and intermixed with earthy spice, fresh acidity and ripe tannins.
40% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
40% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
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£25.00
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£300.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 8cs
£223.08
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
£288.00
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Chateau Potensac,
Ready, but will improve,
Tasting the wines from the Delon stable at Leoville Las Cases is always an education, and all the more this year as it was a challenging vintage. Potensac is their property in the Medoc, usually a tough, brooding wine in its youth but capable of remarkable development with age. Unusually for this vintage the word power featured in my tasting note, and I noted a touch of iron and earthiness on the palate.
However, this was easily offset by an impressive depth of ripe fruit, and there is a lovely sense of harmony in the wine. Needs ages, but worth putting away for a decade or so.
However, this was easily offset by an impressive depth of ripe fruit, and there is a lovely sense of harmony in the wine. Needs ages, but worth putting away for a decade or so.
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Chateau Potensac,
Ready, but will keep,
Potensac is an estate in the northern sector of the Médoc, a district renowned for producing tannic, brooding Clarets which require significant ageing before drinking. It belongs to the Delon family, who also own the great Ch. Léoville-Las Cases, and benefits from being made by the same highly skilled team.
The result is a wine of great complexity, one of the very best in the appellation. The 2004 is rich in blackcurrant aromas, with plenty of tannin. It would partner sweet meat such as lamb, as well as hard cheeses such as Gruyère.
The result is a wine of great complexity, one of the very best in the appellation. The 2004 is rich in blackcurrant aromas, with plenty of tannin. It would partner sweet meat such as lamb, as well as hard cheeses such as Gruyère.
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D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 11cs
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Chateau Potensac,
Drink now,
Ch. Potensac, the star of the Médoc, is renowned for the consistency and quality of its wines which are made by the Delon family (which also owns the great Ch. Léoville Las Cases). Maturity is a requirement for its darkly brooding Clarets and, with 15 years under its belt, the well-regarded 2003 vintage is just getting into its stride. This fourbottle case is a serious treat for any Bordeaux-lover.
Contains four bottles of:
2003 Ch. Potensac, Médoc, Bordeaux
Presented in a branded wooden case
Contains four bottles of:
2003 Ch. Potensac, Médoc, Bordeaux
Presented in a branded wooden case
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£175.00
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£136.90
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Chateau Potensac,
Ready, but will improve,
We have come to expect great things from Potensac, lying as it is in a stable of great wines from Jean-Hubert Delon of Ch. Leoville-Las Cases. 2010 doesn’t disappoint, with big rich black cherry fruit and wonderful softness, yet a firm backbone. As in 2005, this vintage has more Merlot than Cabernet, which appears to only be done in the best vintages. This bodes well and is a charmer of a wine.
(42% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot)
(Nick Pegna, Berry Bros. & Rudd)
(42% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot)
(Nick Pegna, Berry Bros. & Rudd)
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Chateau Potensac,
Ready, but will keep,
Ch. Potensac lies in the Northern Medoc, an area renowned for structured wines that reward time in the cellar, and this is an extremely reliable and popular claret from the Leoville-Lascases team that won't break the bank. In years like 2009 it has an extra punch, and the ripeness of the year shines through. This has typical blackberry fruit balanced by a fresh minerality and a well-defined structure around the sweet core. As always, this will age well, ideally wanting ten years or so to show its best.
(Joss Fowler, BBR Fine Wine Sales)
(Joss Fowler, BBR Fine Wine Sales)
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Chateau Potensac,
Drink now,
Ch. Potensac is one of the best loved Cru Bourgeois of the Medoc. Resurgent since the mid-nineties, and made under the watchful eye of Hubert Delon (Léoville-Las Cases), Potensac is often mistaken in blind tastings for wines with far grander names. The characteristics of the 2000 vintage are amply displayed here - an immense nose of cedar wood and bramble fruit, dense cassis on the palate, and a beautifully rounded finish. Full-bodied, powerful and wonderfully savoury. Drink now, and over the next four or five years.
Philip Moulin, Fine Wine Buyer
Philip Moulin, Fine Wine Buyer
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
£335.00
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Chateau Potensac,
For laying down,
Ch. Potensac has been in the Delon family for more than two hundred years. The soils are gravel and clay which produce wines with good structure that can age well. Located in the far north of the Médoc the 2017 is a blend of 47 percent Merlot, 35 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 17 percent Cabernet Franc and 1 percent Petit Verdot. The estate is now run by Jean-Hubert and the 2017 displays clear fruit with vitality, freshness and impeccable structure.
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Chateau Potensac,
For laying down,
Jean-Hubert Delon considers this to be very close in style to his delicious 2016. The long summer was especially beneficial to the later-ripening vineyards in the northern Médoc and this Potensac shows a sunnier face as well as its more usual linear profile. The tannins have the necessary bite and the fruit is bright cassis. Drink 2022-2032.
Blend: 45% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Blend: 45% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
£108.00
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Magnum 3 x 150cl 17cs
£114.00
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D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 28cs
£102.00
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