2021 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE POYFERRÉ 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE POYFERRÉ

2023 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien

Grapes Merlot, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Julien
Classification 2ème Cru Classé
ABV 13%

Brilliant Poyferré, deep ruby colour, setting the scene for ink, campfire, espresso, mint, cassis and damson. Concentrated but with a delicious balance, this feels effortless and is truly a wine for Bordeaux lovers to seek out. Harvest September 14 to October 5. 80% new oak, 52hl/h yields, biggest since 2004, with more 1st wine than usual because the old Cabernet Sauvignon plots gave quality and quantity (after three low quantity years). Alix Combes new vineyard manager, replacing long time manager Bruno Clenet. Drinking range: 2033 - 2048 Rating: 98 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2024)


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The 2023 Léoville-Poyferré is positively stellar. Medium in body, vibrant and beautifully persistent, the 2023 is all class. It also signals a shift away from the richer (but equally successful) style favored here in the recent past, now moving toward an approach that favors more vibrancy. Dark red-toned fruit, blood orange, spice, mocha and cedar infuse the 2023 with notable freshness and verve. The new Léoville-Poyferré is quite the stunner. Tasted two times. Drinking range: 2028 - 2063 Rating: 95-97 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)

The blend of the 2023 from Léoville-Poyferré is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, picked at a yield of 52.78 hl/ha (this is the figure across all the Cuvelier’s St Julien vineyards) from September 14th, nearly a week later than some, to October 5th. A very dark hue, the aromatics here are delightful, with seams of dark and fragrant fruits, roses, violets and dark chocolate, the cohesion and delineation putting this streets ahead of Pavillon, Moulin Riche and Le Crock, all tasted alongside. The palate is fresh, pure and bright, with beautifully dark and savoury fruits, blackcurrants, olives, blackberries, dark chocolate and roses, underneath which there is a wealth of ripe, polished, richly knit tannins, which support the sinewy and bright structure of the palate, as well as the fresh black fruits. A delicious St Julien, with a long and gripped finish, and fine potential. Tasted three times. The alcohol on analysis is 13.1%. Rating: 92-94 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)

The 2023 Léoville-Poyferré was picked from September 14 until October 5 at 52.78hL/ha and aged in slightly less new oak than usual, simply because of the large volume. In fact, some of the lots commenced their malolactic fermentation in vat rather than barrel. This has an intense bouquet with black cherries and iodine, becoming more floral with aeration. The palate opens with a medium body and pliant tannins, fleshy and ripe, dovetailing into a dense and multi-tiered mid-palate. Typical Poyferré in style, blood orange and light graphite notes are embroidered into the ripe black fruit, and there is noticeable glycerol on the finish. It is perhaps the most opulent of the three Léovilles, and yet it arrives with a modest 13.1% alcohol. This is a contender for the best Saint-Julien in show. Drinking range: 2027 - 2055 Rating: 95-97 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2024)

Château Léoville Poyferré

St Julien Deuxième cru 1855 When Baron Jean-Marie de Poyferré de Cères married the grand-daughter of the Marquis de Las-Cases-Beauvoir, he inherited a portion of the grand old Leoville estate. The Poyferré family owned the estate for long enough to see the granting of Second Growth status in common with the other Leovilles but, in time, oidium and financial difficulties led them to sell Leoville Poyferré. Eventually, it came in to the ownership of the Cuvelier family who own Poyferré to this day. For most of the 20th Century, compared to its namesake neighbours, Leoville Poyferré's fortunes waned as the quality of the wines fell back. Since 1980, however, considerable improvements have been made to the chais and the vineyards. The previously high proportion of Merlot has reduced, whilst the amount of Cabernet Sauvignon has risen to about 65% (Merlot is now a more Médoc-like 25%). Today, Leoville Poyferré can be seen on an equal footing with, at least, Leoville Barton. Grapes are fermented in stainless-steel, and then spend 18 to 20 months in oak (75% new). In the early years on the 20th Century, the cru bourgeois property of Château Moulin Riche was absorbed into Leoville Poyferré. The name was briefly resurrected as the name of Poyferré's second wine, although it is now produced as a wine in its own right from the vineyards of the old château. A second wine of both properties is Pavillon de Poyferré.

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