The history of Château Poesia is marked by its acquisition by Hélène Garcin and Patrice Leveque in 2014. Previously Château Poesia was known as Château Haut Villet.
Hélène Garcin and her team, also owners of Château Haut Barde and Clos Léglise, renovated the property, the winery and the Château. The terroir of Château Poesia is located in the highlands of Saint-Emilion. Its soil is clay-limestone. Its vineyards stretch over 13 hectares and its grape variety is composed of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Poesia is the story of several meetings.
First of all, the meeting of two people: Hélène Garcin, a woman of passion, and Patrice Levêque, a meticulous winegrower for whom the vine is a being in its own right. Their vision of working the vine and their ardent fascination for exceptional terroirs gave birth to a life project, which took form in the type of marriage where one partner feeds on the passion of the other.
Then came the meeting between the couple and the terroirs. A complex, inexpressible notion, which creates a dialogue in spite of everything, from the first moment, from the first stride across the land. Terroirs of the sort that present themselves to man as being self-evident.
Poesia is the story of what happens when they are given their chance. The chance to create something exceptional, with the greatest respect.
Terroir
Perched high on the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion and swept by the wind, the Merlot vine, an age-old inhabitant here, finds the ideal conditions in this fresh soil to express its exemplary aromatic complexity.
A unique symphony of elements, where the clay and limestone base work together to offer the vine the assurance of having a perfect water supply whatever the conditions, and where the wind gently dries the leaves and berries, humidified by the exceptional climate of the region.
An arrangement between the elements that offers the vine a clean fight, an opportunity to transcend itself and thus offer the sort of fruit, rich and concentrated, whose expression bears the mark of the great wines of the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion.
🏅 James Suckling 95 pts
Very pretty blue fruit and black cherries, as well as chalk and stone. Medium to full body with fine, polished tannins and a long finish. Compact, fine texture.
🏅 Robert Parker 94 pts
2018 Poesia has a medium to deep garnet-purple color, exploding from the glass with bombastic notes of chocolate-covered cherries, mulberries and blueberry pie, plus hints of pencil shavings, kirsch, garrigue and Chinese five spice. The medium to full-bodied palate is beautifully balanced, featuring bags of bright, perfumed black fruit and cheery red berry sparks, supported by plush tannins, finishing long and mineral laced.
🏅 Vinous 93 pts
The 2018 Poesia is racy and expressive right out of the gate. Sweet floral accents, red berry fruit, cinnamon and mocha all grace this mid-weight, fruit forward Saint-Émilion. Ripe, silky tannins wrap around a juicy, exuberant finish as perfumed aromatics reappear.
🏅 Wine Spectator 91 pts
Ripe and forward, with plum and cherry preserve flavors laced with a licorice streak and backed by light tobacco and chalky mineral hints on the finish. Nicely done. Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
