Wonderful aromas of blueberries, currants and flowers follow through to a full body, with ultra fine tannins and a gorgeous finish. Best Potensac in years. Even better than the 2009.
-www.jamessuckling.com, 'Tasting Report: 2010's Greatness Across The Board in Bordeaux', 17 Feb 2013

(91-92 pts)
This is one of the fruitiest Potensacs that I remember, with loads of blueberry and currants. Full and velvety. Plenty going on underneath.

Very primal, with cassis and violet running from start to finish, backed by a lightly chalky, slightly tight finish. Shows the austere side of the vintage, but has admirable length. Tasted non-blind. —J.M.

The Potensac has a well-defined, classic Medoc nose with copious sous-bois notes intertwined into the red fruit profile. The palate is much better than the deuxième vin with fresh red berries, crisp acidity and an elegant, slightly austere but utterly pleasurable finish. Just a wine you want to drink rather than intellectualise over. Tasted November 2012.

(89-91 pts)
The Potensac 2010 is a blend of 42% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot including 9.3% vin de presse. It offers 13.6% alcohol with a pH of 3.55. There is just a slight sense of sur-maturité on the nose perhaps from the Merlot, just a hint of prune. Not over the top but it is just there. The palate is full-bodied with succulent grippy tannins...a huge Potensac that is redeemed but very silky finish. Long in the mouth, one of the few 2010's that actually reminds me of the 2009. Tasted March 2010.

The 2010 is a winner again and a sleeper of the vintage. A blend of 52% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest a whopping 21% Cabernet Franc (which is unusual in this part of Bordeaux) has loads of cedar, wood, sweet cherries, some damp earth and a hint of strawberry liqueur in a medium-bodied, elegant style meant for consuming over the next decade or more.

Leave it to Jean-Hubert Delon to make a second wine from his northern frontier territory of Potensac, for decades one of the most reliable and value-priced wines of Bordeaux.
-Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #205 Feb 2013

(87-89 pts)
2010: Traditionally made, yet exhibiting some modern touches such as ripe fruit, the 2010 Potensac is another sleeper of the vintage from this estate, owned by Jean-Hubert Delon, the proprietor of Leoville Las Cases. Classic Bordeaux notes of red and black currants, earth, and spice box are well-presented in this deep ruby/purple-colored, medium-bodied wine, which should drink nicely for a decade or more.

Cru Bourgeois Médoc (13.6%) [42M/37CS/21CF/5PV] Very faintly raisiny character on the nose; elegantly balanced Potensac with crisp acidity and firm tannins round a refined fruit and with good length; the nose is mirrored with a touch of raisin and alcohol warmth the finish. Good, but likely to be hard work for the best part of a decade. 2020-30+ [M.Schuster, Bordeaux Mar/Apr 2011]