CHATEAU MOULIN RICHE 2008

Description
Wne Style:  Medium Bodied Red

Moulin Riche is the Second Wine of the Second Growth (2ème Cru Classé) Château Léoville Poyferré. It was once a 19th century cru bourgeois estate but since the 2003 has been incorporated into the Léoville Poyferré vineyard.

Since the 1920's, it has been owned by the Medoc wine firm of Cuvelier et Fils. Didier Cuvelier has run Léoville Poyferré since 1979 and has taken advice from Professor Emile Peynaud and Michel Rolland. Since the 1990s the quality of its wines has truly been in the ascendant.

In 1932 Moulin Riche was classified as a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel – the only wine out of the 11 Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien wines to be marked out as such.

Moulin Riche wines are concentrated, dense and powerful. They have smoky flavours of spiced black fruits and plum. They have a voluptuous finish, are tannic and age well. The addition of Petit Verdot to the blend of Moulin Riche since 1970 has helped to express the deep backbone of the wine. The 2008 is packed with ripe black fruits and is a sophistcated wine wine with good tannic backbone and structure.