Chateau Puygueraud Côtes de Francs

Optimal consumption period: 2019-2026 Color: dark red-purple Bouquet: fresh and spicy, on notes of aromatic herbs, blueberries, blackcurrants Taste: fresh and full of verve, with an abundance of black fruit, graphite, iodine, spices and a slight minerality; medium body, silky texture, persistent finish Culinary combinations: beef, veal, game, cheese Serving temperature 16- 18 ° C 94 James Suckling Points: “So good! I want to drink it now. Iodine, mushrooms, black fruit and orange peel, on the nose and on the palate. Full-bodied, but refined and fresh. Dynamic. ” Château de Puygueraud was bought by George Thienpont in 1946. He grew up in a wealthy Flemish family in Belgium, where Camille Thienpont became a wine merchant as early as 1842. At the beginning of the 20th century, the business with wines was taken over by George Thienpont. Traveling often to Bordeaux, he fell in love not only with wine, but in 1921 he bought Château Troplong Mondot in Saint Emilion, followed three years later by the magnificent Vieux Château Certan in Pomerol. Following the crisis of the 1930s, he was forced to sell Troplong Mondot, but continued to produce incredible wines at Certan. After his death in 1962, the château was run by his son Léon, and George Jr. took over the Château Puygueraud, a beautiful 27-hectare vineyard on the Côtes de Francs.