Gressier Grand Poujeaux Moulis Cru Bourgeois 1997 - Tasted on 8/Apr/06

Tasting Date: 8th Apr, 2006.
Venue: Home
Name of Wine: Gressier Grand Poujeaux Moulis Cru Bourgeois
Vintage: 1997
Region: Moulis, Bordeaux
Country: France
Alcohol level: 12.5%
Price: $230 from Vins Gallery

The wine is clear, with a deep garnet colour. It has a brick-red rim & a few long legs. Clean nose. Medium-intensity, a slightly aged bouquet. Still fruity, red fruit, prunes. Perfumed, smokey & chestnut. A dry wine, with sufficient crisp acidity. High level of soft tannins. Medium-bodied, medium fruit intensity. Dried fruit, prunes, sweet spice (cinnamon) & obvious oak. Quite high level of alcohol, medium length. Grape variety: Merlot. Barrique aged. It can be consumed now but could be kept for another 3 yrs. A mid-priced Bordeaux red showing good quality.

Remarks:

About Moulis... ~ The smallest of the 6 Haut-Medoc's communal appellations. traditionally offering more approachable good-value Cru Bourgeois than its neighbour Listrac. As Listrac, this is not a classed growth country. Yields are more restricted in Moulis than in Listrac. A diversity of terroir in the region. Soils include various gravels, clays & limestone.

About Gressier Grand Poujeaux... ~ Whenever the word "Poujeaux" is included, it should mean good-value. This chateau makes wine of good structure & fruit.