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James Suckling: Textural, balanced and focused with currants and wild herbs on the nose. Medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Well-built with a dense core of red berries and a compact finish with length. Attractive spice undertones."
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Jane Anson: Deep plum colour, vivid with bright reflections, has the fresh acidities of the vintage balanced out by rich deep fruits, toasted spice, floral fragrance and austere tannins that speaks of ageing ability. Derenoncourt Consulting. Philippe and Mathieu Cuvelier owners. 3.72 pH. Harvest September 11 to 23. 25% new oak."
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Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Schwarze Kirschen, ein Hauch von Cassis, zarte Kräuterwürze, feine Edelholzwürze, Nougat, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, komplex, reife Zwetschken, feine Extraktsüße, reife Tannine, mineralischer Abgang, harmonisch und lange anhaftend."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: Black raspberries, flowers, licorice, and cherries, with a touch of orange peel form the core of the wine in the perfume, and on the medium-bodied palate. Bright, fresh, and clean, there is good energy, and lift to all the fruits on the mid-palate, through to the creamy finish. The wine blends 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 8% Petit Verdot, 13% ABV. Drink from 2030-2050."
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Vinum: Klar und rein, mit strahlender Frucht im Duft und am Gaumen; leichfüssig, elegant, dabei dicht und mit sehr guter Struktur, ungemein saftig, knackig und mit feinen Tanninen, welche den Wein in einen langen, rotfruchtigen Abgang tragen. Ein sicherer Wert."
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Decanter: Gorgeous aromatics intensity on the nose, lots of perfumed ripe blackcurrants and black cherries with some liquorice and black chocolate. Crunchy and crisp, quite straight and streamlined with the cool acidity driving this wine forward and a layer of chalky, flint and stony texture that lingers on the palate leaving the finish cool and grippy. A little lean and linear, but this should fill out over ageing. Excellent Médoc minty freshness with liquorice and clove spice. A yield of 27hl/ha. 3.78pH. Ageing 16-18 months, 25% new, 45% one year, 30% two years."
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Jeb Dunnuck: A serious, balanced Moulis-en-Médoc, the 2025 Château Poujeaux is based on 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 8% Petit Verdot from gravel soils. The nose reveals juicy black cherry, spring flowers, graphite, some minerality, and nicely integrated oak, and it's medium-bodied on the palate, with a fresh, concentrated mouthfeel and good overall balance. It's very much in the fresh, straight, nicely concentrated style of the vintage and will have a long life."
