13% abv, E.A.R.L. Poitevin Propriétaire, Jau-Dignac-Lourac, imported by MISA Imports, Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day.
The Poitevin family were Bordeaux bakers by trade in the village of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac n the northern reaches of the Médoc peninsula. Their estate vineyards took like in the 1950s, and over time, they have increased the small estate to around 40 hectares of vines planted to red and white varieties. Their Cru Bourgeoise red wine is the estate’s top offering and the 2014 vintage is a blend of the estate’s best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot which spend 14 months in 30% new French oak.
Tasting note: The wine is deep garnet in color with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of graphite, blackberry, black currant, caramel, tobacco, milk chocolate and frankincense. On the palate this wine is dry with medium+ acid, high tannin, medium body, medium alcohol, medium+ flavor intensity and a medium finish with flavors of pencil shaving, red plum, fig, cedar, crème caramel, toffee pudding, cocoa powder, light roast coffee, and dried Turkish tobacco leaf. This wine took quite some time to open up, it was very closed at cellar temperature, but it opened up very nicely with some time to aerate and revealed a lot of secondary and tertiary character; it is rather mature for being a 2014, so drink now or through 2026! This wine was a little thin in the body, and concentration departments but it held up nicely and showed much complexity; it is very good: 9.2/10.