2018 Dominique Joseph - Le Petit Saint Vincent Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92 points

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  12/7/2023 - SB5784 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Consistent with prior note. Continues to drink beautifully. And still a baby.

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  3/14/2022 - SB5784 wrote: 93 Points

  A dark red purple hue. Somewhat inky but still transparent. Young. On the nose, luscious blackberry, black cassis, but with notes of spice (pepper) tobacco, saddle leather, and graphite. Somewhat floral as well (violet) but the fruit really dominates at this stage. Burgundian in style and character (but clearly cab franc). On the palate, the unique “poyeux” combination of smoothness and concentration. Dark black fruit (blackberry, black cherry), with a perfect interplay of acid and ripe tannins. Texture is that of a thin silk. This is a baby, but it’s delicious today. Great mid palate concentration and density balanced by a strong acid and mineral driven backbone and supple tannin. Great length on the long, spicy, and mouth puckering finish. Will be fun to watch this one age.

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  11/5/2021 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I bought this because it was recommended highly be our local MW, who compared it to Clos Rougeard at 1/10th the price. Clos Rougeard prices have gotten stupid, so I no longer drink them, and in fact my last tasting note on their Poyeux bottle was in 2013 (for the 2002 vintage) well before it eclipsed $100.
  
  So to even put it in that category is a bold assertion, which I guess you can get away with if you're an MW. The color is a deep red and fully opaque just short of the bright cherry on the rim. The nose has a touch of appealing wet slate and cool red fruits, mingling berry, tart plum and cherry, with slight leafy overtones and hints of tobacco, cocoa and coffee in the background. That's a lot of stuff in a $40 bottle. So far so good.
  
  The palate was stony and elegant, with restrained fruit given its youth. At first I felt there was some attenuation in the mid-palate but it smoothed out with an hour or more of air to a very attractive even sleek mouthfeel.
  
  I don't remember the ghost of Clos Rougeard from almost nine years ago well enough to make a meaningful comparison but there's an air of refinement here that gives it almost a cru-llke quality. I'm not averse to disputing an MW (oh the arrogance!) but he's definitely on to something here.

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