Château Le Puy Bordeaux Côte des Francs ‘Emilien’ 2021

Just east of Pomerol and St.-Émilion, sits Château le Puy, where the Amoreau family has grown grapes for more than 400 years…the French have a term, “digestibilité”, begins with deliciousness, but it also indicates wines that are easy to drink without weighing heavily in the gut. It’s an immediate, unmediated pleasure that nonetheless may be complex and contemplative. Enter Chateau Le Puy, an estate that produces superb Bordeaux that epitomizes the notion of digestibilité. As with the best Bordeaux wines, those of Le Puy are marked by purity, precision, lightness and drinkability that encourages taking another sip. They also have an intensity of flavor despite their grace, a combination more often associated with that other great region in the east of France.