Potensac - Médoc 2024

Decanter.com

91

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/21/2025

Cabernet heavy aromas on the nose - blackcurrant leaf, cherries and plums with some wild strawberry touches. Tannins are prominent but they melt into the sides underpinned by chalky, liquorice-edges putting the minerality at the fore also. Salty, graphite, pencil lead and cool blueberries. This has structure and sinewy muscle but keeps a focused frame. I like this, it’s stylish with plenty of personality and enough frame to be filling. Really good. Second vintage with so much Cabernet. 60 year old average age of the vines. Ageing 15% new barrels for 12 months. 12.2% press. 3.68pH.

The Wine Independent

87-89

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2025

Deep garnet-purple colored. Rocks up with open-knit scents of crushed cranberries, red cherries, and fragrant soil, followed by hints of dried herbs and graphite. The light-bodied palate is crisp and sprightly, delivering sour cherry and herbal flavors with lightly chewy tannins, finishing with a lively lift.

Jeb DUNNUCK

88-90

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/13/2025

The 2024 Château Potensac is 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, resting in just 15% new barrels. Ripe red and blue fruits, graphite, crushed stone, and some subtle tobacco and herbal notes all give this a classic Cabernet feel, and it's medium-bodied, with a juicy, elegant mouthfeel, present tannins, and a good finish.

Jamessuckling.com

92-93

byJames Sucklingthe5/7/2025

A scented, mineral nose, showing red berries and cherries. Lighter this year on the medium-bodied palate, this has firm tannins tightly wound into the less intense red fruit. Quite juicy and refined. Elegant. Likely to be a very well-balanced and drinkable wine.

The Drinks Business

88-90

byColin Haythe5/6/2025

Lovely dark plum and bramble fruits. Crunchy, pure and nicely focussed. A lovely mouthfeel and I really like the shapely flow of the wine over the palate. Grippy tannins form and mould (rather than sculpt) the lifted finish. There’s just a hint of dryness on the finish (note the IPT at 74) but this is very well done. In the context of the vintage there’s a lot of wine here for the money.

WeinWisser

92-93

byTjark Witzgallthe5/6/2025

Vinum

89-91

byAdrian Van Velsenthe5/6/2025

Kühler, steiniger Duft, dunkle Beeren; am Gaumen elegant, zeigt Finesse und Schliff, die Gerbstoffe sind von sehr guter Qualität, das hat Trinkfluss und eine gute Länge, endet mit einer angenehmen Herbe.

Vinous

86-88

byNeal Martinthe5/5/2025

The 2024 Potensac was tasted twice. The first time, it came across a little green. The second tasting, at the château, was far better, with red berry fruit, incense and a touch of pencil box in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with powdery tannins, balanced with just a slight attenuation towards the finish. Give this two or three years in bottle.