Château Vieux Pourret Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2020

GOLD MEDAL: Gilbert & Gaillard
GOLD MEDAL: Concours des Féminalise
95 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team

One of the greatest vintages in last century.  Only 180 allocated to New Zealand.

Blend of Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%

“Firm while also richly textured, this wine comes from a small property near the town of Saint-Émilion. Ripe black-currant flavors vie with the touch of spice from wood aging to give a wine that has density and potential. Drink from 2024”
- Roger Voss

Château Vieux Pourret is very well located on the Saint-Emilion plateau, on the locality called “Pourret”. Vieux Pourret’s vines are for the most part in the town of Saint-Emilion itself (with a clay/sand mix in the soil) but also in Saint-Hippolyte, where the soil consists of clayey limestone. Château Vieux Pourret has been created for over 50 years and now the property is owned by Emmanuel Coudroy and run by his wife Nathalie, being the estate manager, which, starting from the vintage 2012, didn’t continue to make this wine organic but they rather elaborated a fruity wine with a melted and elegant mouth, really worthy of a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.

ABV: 13%