The Château Potensac of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Potensac
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Domaines Delon.
It is ranked in the top 326 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Potensac is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Potensac wines

Looking for the best Château Potensac wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Potensac wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Potensac wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Potensac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Potensac

How Château Potensac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of barbecue burger, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or express chicken skewers with spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Potensac

On the nose the red wine of Château Potensac. often reveals types of flavors of cream, nutmeg or fig and sometimes also flavors of game, almonds or prune. In the mouth the red wine of Château Potensac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Potensac

  • 1979With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Potensac.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

The top pink wines of Château Potensac

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Potensac

How Château Potensac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, leg of lamb in a casserole or texas style ribs / loin ribs.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Potensac

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Potensac.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Potensac

Planning a wine route in the of Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Potensac.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Potensac and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Mancey

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Mancey, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Ancestral method

A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).