Wine Advocate
par Robert Parker le 29/08/2014
The 2013 Potensac, always one of the best of the lower-tier wines from Bordeaux and one with incredible aging potential for an unheralded non-classified growth, is a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It is a soft, round, easygoing wine offering pleasant notes of loamy soil, cherries and red currants. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.
While 2014 was looking fabulous (although it’s entirely too early to make any prognoses), one troublesome area was the northern Medoc, in and around the village of Bedagan that was ravaged by hailstorms in June, 2014. At least two-thirds of the Potensac vineyard was destroyed, and proprietor Jean-Hubert Delon told me it was so bad that it may even impact the 2015 crop.