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2011 Château Léoville Poyferré, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - at best
Robert Parker
94/100
17.5+/20
Robert Parker
91-94/100
James Molesworth
91-94/100
Product: 20118002158
2011 Château Léoville Poyferré, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Another estate which, without shouting it from the rooftops, has been quietly elevating itself to the very highest echelons of the Bordeaux hierarchy. The bouquet is one of the most opulent we experienced this year, laced with ripe black fruits.

The palate is amazingly harmonious, with gorgeous integration between oak and fruit, and the purity and precision is awesome. Beautifully balanced, this is one of my stars of the vintage, as it has been for the past 2 years.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Léoville Poyferré

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 94/100
This property, which has been on a qualitative tear over the last generation, has produced one of the most successful wines of 2011. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, it is broad, rich, medium to full-bodied and dense. It boasts an inky/purple color as well as lots of concentration, silky tannins, and a bigger, richer mouthfeel than any of its St.-Julien peers. The result is one of the stars of the vintage.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 30/04/2014
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2014)
17.5+/20
The 2011 Chateau Leoville Poyferre displays well-extracted blackcurrant Cabernet fruit, very good ripeness and good tannins, an impression of power with elegance to come later.
Decanter.com
Robert Parker 91-94/100
Another super effort from this estate, Leoville Poyferre-s 2011 possesses an opaque purple color in addition to a ripe, fragrant nose of black currant fruit, cedar, white chocolate and a touch of oak. Rich, layered and medium to full-bodied with unmistakable elegance and purity, vibrant acids and a fresh, lively personality, it will need 3-4 years of cellaring and should keep for two decades. robert_parker - Wine Advocate - April 2012
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2012)
James Molesworth 91-94/100
A very ripe, fleshy, gutsy style, with mouthfilling tar, espresso, braised fig and dark plum notes still waiting to meld fully. The broad, muscular finish has a nice briary edge. Impressive. Wine Spectator's 2011 Top-Scoring Red Bordeaux james_molesworth, Wine Spectator, April 5, 2012
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2012)

About this wine

Château Léoville Poyferré

Château Léoville Poyferré is a wine estate in St Julien on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. It was once part a larger estate called Léoville, which was established in 1638 and divided up centuries later following the death of its owner. That original estate gave rise to the three separate properties now called Léoville Barton, Léoville Las Cases and Léoville Poyferré. The latter took its name in 1840 from Baron Jean-Marie de Poyferré, who inherited the estate along with his wife, the daughter of Jeanne de Las Cases. Léoville Poyferré, like Barton and Las Cases, was ranked a Second Growth in the 1855 classification.
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