Château Poujeaux
The Château Poujeaux is one of the famous Bordeaux wineries . It is located in the Moulis , west of Saint-Julien and belongs to the Cru Bourgeois class .
Location and winemaking
The cultivation area is 52 hectares in a contiguous plot. The vineyards are located on the gravel and sand dome of the Poujeaux district, which is the best terroir of the Moulis appellation . This crest was created during the Günz Ice Age . Only red wine is produced . In terms of vines, Cabernet Sauvignon dominates with 50% and Merlot with 40% . Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot each account for 5% . The average age of the vines is 30 years, the planting density is extremely high with 10,000 vines per hectare.
Winemaking follows the classical school of Bordeaux with a four-week mash fermentation in concrete and stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation and subsequent 12 months lasting expansion in oak barrels , renewed half every year. The annual production is around 300,000 bottles. The wine is smooth and harmonious with full fruit. It develops in the cellar for at least ten years. Due to its quality, it is generally equated with the Grands Crus Classés . This is also reflected in the membership in the exclusive Union des Grands Crus . The second wine is called La Salle de Poujeaux .
Château Poujeaux is accompanied and advised by the oenologist Jacques Boissenot and his son Eric.
history
The vineyards had been known as Salles de Poujeaux since the 16th century and were then part of Château Latour . On July 18, 1806, André Castaing, who had made his fortune in trade with the Antilles , bought the extensive property called Grand-Poujeaux . In 1820 there was a first division of the estate, from which the Château Chasse-Spleen later emerged. In 1880 the remaining property was divided into three parts. François Theil acquired a third in 1921. His son Jean took over responsibility for the estate from 1957. He managed to buy the other two thirds and manage the vineyard as a whole again. In 1981 he handed over Château Poujeaux to three of his sons. In 1997 the Theil family founded a stock corporation that has managed the winery ever since. At the beginning of 2008 she sold the estate to the Parisian multimillionaire Philippe Cuvelier , who already owns the Château Clos Fourtet in the municipality of Saint-Émilion . Nicolas Thienpont and Stéphane Derenoncourt were hired as advisors .
In 1966, Château Poujeaux was classified as a Cru Grand Bourgeois Exceptionnel , as part of the elite of the Crus Bourgeois. In 1991 and 1995, the Poujeaux wine won the Coupe des Crus Bourgeois . In the (repealed) classification of the Crus Bourgeois from 2003, Château Poujeaux came in the top class as Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel . The wines of this estate can be very long-lived.
The largest vintages in recent times are 1990, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2009 (92 PP) and 2010. In the average 1997 vintage, Chateau Poujeaux is recognized as one of the best Cru-Bourgeois wines.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clive Coates : The wines of Bordeaux. Vintages and tasting notes 1952–2003 . 1st edition. University of California Press, 2004, ISBN 0-297-84317-6 , pp. 177 .