(94-96 points) Another gorgeous wine from this talented team, the 2020 Château Poesia reveals a dense purple color as well as pure darker berry and cassis fruits. followed by classic Saint-Emilion chalky minerality, violets, and camphor. With medium to full-bodied richness, it has a seamless, sexy texture, notable underlying freshness and purity, and a great finish. This will be another hidden gem of a wine that will drink well in its youth yet also evolve for 20 years or more from cold cellars.

This has a complex nose of plums, blackcurrants, chocolate, hazelnuts and violets. Licorice. Crushed stones and green olives, too. Fragrant and layered, with a medium to full body, fine tannins and excellent freshness. Sophisticated and elegant St Emilion. Drink from 2026.

Black plums, chocolate, licorice, flowers and espresso create the nose. From there you find a rich, fresh, vibrant, creamy-textured, concentrated and mineral driven wine with a long, intensive, refined finish with layers of mineral-driven, dark red fruits, spices, cocoa and savory herbs in the chalky endnote. Drink from 2023-2050. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2020&wine=Chateau%20Poesia

The 2020 Poesia is superb, just as it was from barrel. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather, licorice, cedar and mocha infuse this broad, ample Saint-Émilion with remarkable complexity. This is an especially dense, full-throttle Saint-Émilion, but it all works so well. --Antonio Galloni

(91-93 points) Revealing a deep purple-black color, the 2020 Poesia bursts with flamboyant notions of stewed black plums, mulberries and juicy blackberries, plus hints of tar, licorice, potpourri and dried mulberries with a waft of incense. The medium to full-bodied palate is charged with a racy backbone of freshness, delivering layers of dried berries and exotic spices with a plush texture, finishing long and perfumed.