Poesia Poesia Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2019 750ml

The 2019 Poesia is one of the finest wines I have ever tasted from Hélène and Patrice Lévêque. Rich and sumptuous, Poesia marries intensity with vibrancy in grand style. Poesia is a big, explosive Saint-Émilion, but it also possesses tremendous energy. Dark fruit, gravel, incense, spice and saddle leather open with a bit of coaxing. There is an exotic quality to Poesia in 2019 that is especially alluring. Brilliant. (Antonio Galloni)

Dried flowers, mimosa, blackcurrants, peppercorns and burnt orange on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with firm, tightly wound tannins and crisp acidity. Zesty, mineral character on the tight finish. Lightly smoky at the end. Try in 2026.

The 2019 Château Poesia is a charming, up-front, straight-up sexy Saint-Emilion that brings lots of fruit yet always stays balanced and seamless. Bright red and blue berry fruits, spring flowers, tobacco, and some chalky minerality all define the bouquet, and it’s medium to full-bodied, with a supple, elegant texture, ripe tannins, and a great finish. This purity of fruit is spot on, and this is another terrific vintage for this château. It already offers pleasure yet will benefit from short-term cellaring and unquestionably evolve for 20–25 years if stored properly. (Jeb Dunnuck)

The 2019 Poesia has the richest and most opulent bouquet with precocious black cherry, glycerine, lavender and violet aromas, bursting from the glass and gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodies with plush, ripe tannins. There is a lot of puppy fat here, rounded and perhaps “sexy” compared to the 2018, mouth-filling and voluminous. This will need time. Tasted at the Poesia vertical in Saint-Emilion. (Neal Martin)

From the Garçin-Léveque family, the 2015 Poesia is a gem of Saint Emilion that’s made from 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, coming all from clay and limestone soils and aged in 70-80% new French oak. It’s an elegant, vibrant, medium-bodied wine that has a beautiful bouquet of kirsch, black cherries, chocolate, and hints of graphite. It shows more salty minerality with time in the glass and its oak component is perfectly integrated into the wine. While it has the flamboyant fruit of the 2015 vintage, it stays elegant and seamless and is a gorgeous 2015 that can be drunk today or cellared for two decades.

The 2015 Poesia has an intense nose with layers of black cherry, boysenberry, pressed violets and a scintilla of dark chocolate. This displays wonderful delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy ripe red fruit, a fine bead of acidity. Very harmonious with a silky smooth finish that is irresistible. This is a beautiful Saint-Émilion that will give 15-20 years of drinking pleasure. Tasted at the Poesia vertical in Saint-Émilion.

Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Poesia is a little closed to begin, soon opening out to reveal wonderfully pure notes of crushed red and black plums, fresh blackberries and warm cherries with nuances of allspice, aniseed, potpourri and forest floor. Medium-bodied, the palate is tightly wound, featuring loads of mineral sparks and a wicked backbone of freshness, with very fine-grained tannins to support, finishing long and vibrant.