Ep 579: The Greats of Bordeaux - Moulis with Listrac

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week I finish up the communal appellations of the Médoc for our "Greats of Bordeaux" series with Moulis!

Map: Wines of the Médoc

Although the communes of Moulis and Listrac are often seen as one in the same because both are inland and neither is adjacent to the Gironde River/Estuary, this grouping is a mistake.

The wines of Moulis, especially from the Grand Poujeaux plateau next to Margaux, can rival or exceed the quality of the wines from the big name communes on the river -- Margaux, St-Julien, Pauillac, and Saint-Estèphe. Moulis is varied and not all the wines grow on the top terroir, but those that do make exquisite, ageworthy wines that are undervalued. Châteaux like Poujeaux, Chasse Spleen, and Maucaillou make top wines for relatively low prices.

I spend most of the show on Moulis but also cover Listrac. Listrac, in my mind is not one of "The Greats" but it is historic and important. I review the commune and try to point out some of the main reasons I think Moulis and Listrac are so very different, with Moulis earning top billing over Listrac.

This is the final in the Médoc Greats! We have covered Margaux, Saint Julien, Pauillac, Saint Estèphe, and now Moulis. We will move to Graves and Pessac-Leognan next, before ending where we began this series, on the Right Bank!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:15.7	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book and Certified Wine Dork.
0:21.6	This show is brought to you by my exclusive sponsor, Wine Access. Go to Wine Access.com
0:27.0	slash normal to sign up for my wine club. You can get six bottles four times a year for just
0:32.9	$150 and that includes shipping. I picked the wines around a theme and there are even tasting videos on Wine Access's YouTube channel. Check it out today. Wine Access.com slash normal. Listen to the middle of the show for more details.
0:47.3	I am feeling especially Bordeaux inspired because patron and friend Trish Riggs came and visited me this weekend and we drank
0:58.6	an amazing bottle of Longoa Barton, which is a third growth in the 1855 classification,
1:06.0	a Saint-Julienne.
1:07.1	Now, we also had one of the best Brunella de Montalchino's I've ever had.
1:10.7	I'm going to post it on Patreon for those who are interested.
1:14.2	I love when friends who love wine come and visit because I love to share the great wines that I have.
1:20.3	The Langea Barton was a 2017, not considered like an epic year.
1:25.2	But San Juliane is extremely consistent. If you've been listening to the series,
1:30.3	you know that. And 2017 was no different. It was like liquid velvet. It was so unbelievably
1:36.6	delicious, so perfect. We just had it with some cheese and crackers. It was one of these wines
1:42.2	where you can't really talk because it's so good. And
1:45.1	Trish, thank you for coming. And also thank you for helping me make my house extra scary for
1:49.7	Halloween. This time, we are going to cover two communes. Now, I've done single shows so far on
1:57.7	Sanlion, on the right bank. And then I started on the left bank with Margot,
2:02.4	San Julien, Poliak, San Estef. And now I am covering the two other named communes. I think that one of
2:10.4	these communes belongs in the Greats of Bordeaux series. One does not, but I'm still going to address it. What I will not be doing,
2:20.6	and I can do it under a separate cover, but it won't be part of the great series, is talk about
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