"The 1996 Potensac is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 19% Cabernet Franc. This vintage has quite a reputation, indeed, at 20 years of age it stands up as one of the over-achievers of the vintage. It has a lively, very pure blackcurrant and bilberry-scented bouquet with crushed stone aromas, very youthful and backward. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, dense tarry black fruit tinged with cedar, a dash of spice towards the structured finish with a lingering saline aftertaste. It will easily give another 10-15 years of drinking pleasure."
Neal Martin 90 Punkte
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"This is the most amazing wine this estate has ever produced. It is rich and long-lived. It boasts a dark purple color, as well as sweet, earthy, black currant and cherry liqueur-scented nose. There is terrific fruit intensity and purity, as well as moderate tannin in the medium-bodied, impressively rich finish. This wine should drink well between 2002-2014. A sleeper of the vintage."
Robert Parker 89 Punkte
Quelle: www.robertparker.com#122
"This wine is the finest Potensac I have tasted in the last two decades, perhaps the finest ever made. The dense opaque ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of sweet blackcurrant fruit intermixed with earth and minerals. Dense and rich, with sweet tannin, good but low acidity, and an accessible, supple personality, this is a surprisingly intense wine that should age well. It is a sleeper of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 1999-2012."
Robert Parker 87-89 Punkte
Quelle: www.robertparker.com#115
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