2019 Château Léoville Poyferré, St Julien, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
Not ready
- Neal Martin MW
- 96-98/100
- James Suckling
- 96-97/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 96/100
Product: 20198002158
Description
A plump and assured wine, this has the creamy texture of a wine from a sunny year – yet there is a measure of control that is laudable. There are interesting aromatic notes of cinnamon and ginger and the palate is generous but without exaggeration. Sara Lecompte-Cuvelier makes a comparison to 2009, but the 2019 is perhaps more vivacious. Drink 2027-2045.
Blend: 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Léoville Poyferré
Critics reviews
Neal Martin MW 96-98/100
The 2019 Léoville-Poyferré has a typically seductive bouquet with layers of ripe black fruit laced with tobacco, sous-bois, touches of marmalade and dried orange peel. Give it another hour and more blue fruit begins to emerge. The palate is medium-bodied with lavish, luxuriant black fruit and a creamy texture that is instantly seductive. It is a more opulent Saint-Julien than the Barton with a satin-like texture on the finish. If you love the style of Léoville-Poyferré then you will adore this. 2026 - 2065Neil Martin, Vinous.com (June 2020)
Drink 2026 - 2065
James Suckling 96-97/100
Chewy and rich this year with lots of ripe tannins and solid depth of fruit. Chocolate and walnuts to the blue fruit. It’s full-bodied. Plenty of fruit at the end. Excellent length.james_suckling (May 2020)
Drink 2026 - 2065
Jane Anson MW 96/100
A rich and highly charged Poyferré, with creamy damson and vanilla pod spice expanding through the mid palate. Hugely impressive, with velvety tannins and plenty of charcoal, grilled sarments and slate impact. Higher tension through the core would take the score up even further. 4% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the estate under the ownership of the Cuvelier family. Drinking Window 2027 - 2042jane_anson_mw, Decanter (June 2020)
Drink 2026 - 2065
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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