"Earthy red with notes of bark, olives, black fruit, and walnut husk. It’s medium-bodied with a creamy, caressing texture. Soft and juicy. 80% merlot, 12% cabernet sauvignon and 8% cabernet franc. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold.
90 Pts James Suckling."
Max de Pourtalès came back to his Bordeaux origins by acquiring in 1998 the château Doyac located in the Haut-Médoc appellation in Saint Seurin de Cadourne.
The vines as well as the cellars have been greatly renovated. Since the enlargement of the vineyard in 2009, Max de Pourtalès built a new storing cellar and a new barrel cellar aiming at optimizing the wine making.
« My philosophy, says Max de Pourtalès, is not to make overly extracted wines as the whole world knows to do but on the contrary to make fine and elegant wines. The wine still has substance , but most of all one should respect balance and freshness, which characterizes the great wines of Bordeaux «. Surrounded by their team and well-advised by the oenologists Eric Boissenot and Marco Balsimelli, Max and Astrid de Pourtalès are looking every year for the blending that will respect the most the vintage and reveal the identity of the wine of château Doyac.