About the wine
Guillaume's utterly delicious Médoc comes with a special stamp of top quality...
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Guillaume describes his winery as his workshop and this hand-crafted, utterly delicious blend of Merlot, Cab Sav and Petit Verdot is his showpiece red.
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It’s a perfect medley of pure, ripe fruit and earthy, oak-aged complexity. Take a deep sniff and you’ll get mouth-watering aromas of raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, tinged with a crisp minerality and complex hints of cedar wood and tobacco. The palate is well balanced with great intensity and a silky-smooth black cherry and blueberry finish that caresses the senses.
- It’s so good, this wine was even awarded Cru Bourgeois status - a special honour awarded only to super-delicious Médoc wines that aren’t from the old, big-name chateaus, as a stamp of top quality. Basically making this wine an official hidden gem.
Best before
Drink now to 2038
Serving advice
Open/Decant 30 mins before serving
Food match
Château Poitevin will be perfect for pairings with red meats, simmered dishes in sauce, duck confit, game, lamprey à la bordelaise, ceps of Bordeaux, fresh pasta with truffles, and of course with many cheeses such as Edam, Camembert, Maroilles, Tomme de Brebis.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
France
Bordeaux
Merlot Blend
Smooth Red
13.0% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Guillaume Poitevin
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The son of a grape-grower in the heart of the Medoc, Guillaume always knew he would one day take over the vineyards worked by his father, and his father before him. But it was his visits to the local cooperative - where his dad’s grapes were blended in with other growers’ - that sparked a passion for winemaking in young Guillaume’s mind.
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When he did take over the family vines 30 years ago, all Guillaume had to work with was a few spare tanks and some barrels he found lying around. In the decades since, he’s revolutionised his father’s estate into a fully-kitted out winemaking workshop where he can tinker with every stage of the winemaking process, with a perfectionist’s eye for quality.
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His proudest moment was when he won Cru Bourgeois status in 2012, this special honour is awarded only to exceptional Medoc wines that aren’t from the old, big-name chateaus - as a stamp of top quality. It’s a testament to what Guillaume has been able to achieve at his dad’s old estate, and remarkably, he still sees more potential to come out of the old Poitevin vines. Potential he hopes to pass on to the next generation of family grape-growers.
Ratings
128
Followers
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