Moulis · vintage 2017
Why this vintage
- 93/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2017 vintage in MoulisApril frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast93
- James Suckling91-92
- Vinous91
- Wine Spectator91
The 2017 vintage in Moulis
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: April frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.
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
Delicate, expressive and complex nose where aromas of black fruits, morello cherry and more floral notes mingle. On the palate the attack is supple, the wine is dense and the tannins silky. Great complexity, lovely delicacy and a very long persistence on the palate will give this wine great drinkability.
Blend of the 2017 vintage
- 62 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 25 % Merlot
- 13 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2017 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 2017 sheet
- 26 hl/haYield
- 30 yrsVine age
- 240,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Vatting for 20 to 25 days in concrete and stainless steel vats with regular pump-over
Ageing
12 months in new barrels (33%).
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 2017
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 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.