The 2012 vintage in Moulis
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Moulis. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Very nice and deep purple colour. Black and red fruits with a delicate hint of coffee and liquorice on the nose. This wine is rather tight but tannins are fine and delicate. The structure of this wine is balanced by its nice harmony. Even if this wine has a nice aging potential and is still young, it will likely be appreciated soon.
Blend of the 2012 vintage
- 48 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 43 % Merlot
- 6 % Petit Verdot
- 3 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 49 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
- 400,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Harvest: from the 2nd of October till the 20th of October 2012.
Ageing
Ageing: 12 months in French oak barrels (30 % new oak).
Terroir
The vineyard of Château Poujeaux extends in a single block to the north-east of Moulis, on the gravel rises of Grand-Poujeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot take the lion's share of the property's plantings, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc accounting for only 10% of the vines. Plot-by-plot management of this fine terroir makes it possible to respect the personality of each parcel and each variety, and gives Château Poujeaux its unique character.
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Texts and documents 2012
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 28, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.