Tasted at Bordeaux Index’s “10-Year On” tasting in London. The Potensac 2003 has a ripe aniseed tinged bouquet with plenty of smudged ripe raspberry and strawberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly dry tannins. It is nicely focused with secondary notes: dried herbs and undergrowth, taking over the finish. This is impressive length and breadth to this Potensac that is drinking beautifully now. Tasted March 2013.

– eRobertParker.com, May 2013

A success in this torrid vintage, the 2003 Potensac offers up aromas of red fruit, cedar box and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and vibrant palate. At approaching age 20, it continues to drink very well, but there is no reason to defer gratification.

Full red-ruby. Aromas of ripe plum, cedar and tar; superripe without being liqueur-like. Silky, fat and full, with atypical volume for this wine. There's enough healthy (natural) acidity here to give shape and freshness to the wine. Finishes with broad tannins that reach the sides of the mouth. It's hard to imagine a stronger vintage for this chateau.

The dark plum/purple-tinged 2003 Potensac is a sleeper of the vintage. Sweet, exotic scents of mincemeat, black currants, cherries, and crushed rocks are followed by an elegant, fleshy, forward, delicious claret to enjoy over the next 5-7 years, although this wine has a tendency to last longer. It is one of the finest Potensacs produced in several years.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #214, Aug 2014)