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| | Vintage | 2010 |  Label 1 of 535 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Léoville Poyferré (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | St. Julien | | UPC Code(s) | 000008659767, 000008843050, 3700188007798, 3760181350031, 3760181350314, 3760181350598, 3760181350888, 3760181350918, 3760181351205, 400002594161, 4000123356332, 649185958104 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.3 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 238 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Arcturus on 5/6/2024 & rated 95 points: m my cellar 95. Outstanding. Decanted for 2 hours. Gorgeous bouquet, graphite, forest floor, lilac. Palate is velvety with layers of purple fruits. And a killer finish. Outstanding. (2388 views) | | | Tasted by Purple Tooth on 4/12/2024 & rated 95 points: I really think that sometimes, we dont allow wine to talk. Last night was one of those nights. A young bottle of wine has so much to say and it needs a long time to say it. Maybe 5 hours...When you put it in a room with 5 other talkers (wines), and ask all of them to tell you their life story at the same time within 90 minutes, you have a bunch of wines talking over each other and the loudest one gets heard and the rest is mostly lost. Last night this wine was muted under the noise of some obnoxiously louder wines with allot of lipstick and gum stuck between their teeth, but she spoke her most beautiful words on the way out. She utterly murmured "Boghdeauxxxx" in the most beautiful French accent and then, she left the room. I still have the image of her beautifully full, plump, puckered lips in my head and I cant get it out. HOLD_ (3472 views) | | | Tasted by sdkaplan on 4/11/2024 & rated 94 points: So much potential, jammy and rich when first opened, but got more wound up and the tannin increased over the course of two hours. It just needs more time to resolve and soften up. But is a beautiful wine and will be beautiful if decanted long enough.
On the second day it finally lost the oakiness and the plush fruit came through. Incredibly powerful wine that can age for a long time (3111 views) | | | Tasted by melvinyeowq on 4/10/2024 & rated 88 points: French >$150 theme: Easily identifiable as a ‘09/10 Bordeaux, but thought right bank because of the international nature which made sense given the producer. Not a fan of the plummy, overly ripe fruit here. (3374 views) | | | Tasted by IlliniWine on 4/2/2024 & rated 95 points: Tightly wound on opening. Even after a 3.5 decant and lots of time in the glass over the course of a long dinner, it still was holding back. Lots of compliments on the '99 Nuits-St.-Georges we were serving at the same dinner, but no one said a word about the bordeaux. I couldn't bring myself to give it more than a 90 that evening. Fortunately, a good 9 oz were left and, man, did it evolve overnight. Floral and earth on the nose. Tartness on the palate had completely resolved. Tannins were just as I like them - velvety but still quite present. A really lovely bottle. Holding on to my others for at least 5 years, as this clearly has more development ahead. (3868 views) | | | Tasted by Jerseyjudge on 3/31/2024 & rated 96 points: Amazing showing for an amazing wine. Upon opening, the bouquet fills the room. No need to decant for my taste. The nose and palate show smooth and consistent notes of charcoal, flowers, lead pencil and dark fruit. A bit more power than elegance. However, I don’t want to split hairs because the wine has both. Better on the second day as well! (3349 views) | | | Tasted by BradA on 2/24/2024 & rated 95 points: Wow! What a wine. Oh my, a beautiful nose and a full palate of boysenberry. A dark core that envelops a youthful wine that will be a legend over the next 20 years. (4188 views) | | | Tasted by Purple Tooth on 2/22/2024 & rated 96 points: **Pulled from my offsite storage with colder storage conditions. This one showed tight, restrained and quiet until it warmed up. Once it got going, boy did it get going. At first pour and sip no one made a comment, but as the wine warmed in the glass and started throwing off those pretty floral tobacco notes intermingled with lots of earth and flowers, one comment turned into a wave of praise in the room. Long throbbing finish that is filled with tannins, acidic lift and freshness. This is classy Bordeaux and I think its probably my best Poyferre experience since the wowing 1982 in its glory days (Circa 2005). Its going to take some time for this to thin out and for the bouquet to become even more sensual and head bending, but it sure has the stuffing to allow that to happen. Wait and see...Today, 95-97 and still a double HOLD_ (4319 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 2/17/2024 & rated 93 points: Super dark cloudy ruby. Incredibly intense red plum and dark chocolate on the nose. Intense blackberry, plum skin, and bramble with strong tannins. It shouldn’t be touched for another 5 years. (4053 views) | | | Tasted by TXRDW on 2/8/2024 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured a few ounces, then decanted for about 3 hours. The wine was great right out of the bottle, with the decanting not adding much to the wine. The Leoville seems to be in a very good drinking window right now as the wine was hitting on all cylinders as it was pared with some Italian cheeses. (3960 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 2/4/2024 & rated 91 points: 2010 Was a Good Vintage in France (Jordan's Place - Chicago IL): Fun and balanced black fruited wine that is completely accessible, but lacking in the concentration and heft of the great wines in this flight. (3717 views) | | | Tasted by castle.rob@gmail.com on 2/3/2024 & rated 94 points: Medium purple Green wood, under-ripened blackberries, barnyard on the nose. Sour cherry, sage, milk chocolate on the palate Medium high acidity, smooth tannins, very dry. Very pleasant (3283 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/26/2024: ibid my 10/2023 note, save for the fact that this shows a whiff of Brett - minor, but annoying given how good the wine is. (4107 views) | | | Tasted by PDavisMarble on 1/23/2024 & rated 95 points: Beautiful and still so very youthful. The oak is not yet resolved, the acids suggest a nice scaffold on which the future of this wine will be built. Round, beautiful fruits, great depth, a lush nose and a long finish. I loved this wine, but I’d suggest not revisiting it for a few years. (3515 views) | | | Tasted by Storms38 on 1/5/2024 & rated 94 points: Opened 3hrs, better at the 4th. My general feeling is I’m drinking 2010 far too early. If you have a few of these, pop one of course to check it out. But this vintage is proving to be a bit longer than most are saying. I’d say peak for most 2010s is 10 years out. Of all I’ve tasted from this vintage, 2nd and 3rd growths rated 94 or higher are amazing, but still not ready. If you dropped $70 or above for these wines at release, don’t do a disservice to your hard earned dollars by opening these too early. Patience rewards the prudent. (4325 views) | | | Tasted by ChristoBretts on 1/1/2024 & rated 96 points: Decanted three hours before enjoying. Medium heavy body. Dark black fruit compote, tar, no alcohol burn to the nose. Even without food, the wine brings layers to the palate lasting 15+ seconds. The fully mature dark fruit; blackberry, cherry, along with tar, licorice, then fine-grained tannin bringing another wave of flavor. So enjoyable and in a perfect spot, to my taste.
Update: I let a glass rest in the decanter for day-2; it diminished in that 24 hour period, loosing nuance and intensity. Next time I would try to drink it up on day-1 or coravin off only enough for day-1. (3983 views) | | | Tasted by alamoave on 12/30/2023 & rated 94 points: This has the makings of the best Poyferre vintage I have tasted. First bottle. Decanted for 3 hours. Dark purple, lush color and mouthfeel. Big fruit fully matched by robust, round tannins. Long finish. Not close to peak performance, but if you have a few, try one! (3640 views) | | | Tasted by DrELW on 12/24/2023 & rated 94 points: This bottle was drunk with friends last night. It was a solid wine and true to its varietal characteristics. This wine still has some potent tannins so it will be good for at least another 20 years. (3511 views) | | | Tasted by JackLynch00@gmail.com on 12/1/2023 & rated 94 points: Absolutely classic claret. (4468 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 11/17/2023 & rated 96 points: Late night pull for a dinner party. This was a beautiful representation of Bordeaux that was a treat for the whole table.
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96+ (4626 views) | | | Tasted by vesper9 on 11/14/2023 & rated 97 points: floral note on the top of the well-made Bordeaux style (3750 views) | | | Tasted by Michael Hung on 11/12/2023 & rated 95 points: Another brilliant bottle since I had it the last time (2022 winter). Great balance despite it's quite dense and weightiness with its voluptuous black fruit, black cherry, cassis, black currants. This had a couple hours of being open in the bottle before pouring. While great now, this will continue to get better as tannins continue to resolve and tertiary notes come in. (4394 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 10/27/2023 & rated 94 points: A great vintage for Poyferre with good richness of dark red fruits and a very fine, velvety texture. A lot of wine here but it retains the classic Poyferre elegance and lift along with excellent precision. The tannins are very smooth for the vintage and the finish shows just emerging tertiary notes of sweet earth, cedar spice, smoked leathers and graphite. Drinking well now after an hour in the glass but this is poised for long-aging. 94+ (4603 views) | | | Tasted by Erik's grotto on 10/22/2023 & rated 95 points: Drukket til brassert svineknoke. Mørke flotte bær, strukturert, lang ettersmak og fine taninner. En meget god vin
Drunk with braised pork knuckle. Dark beautiful berries, structured, long aftertaste and fine tannins. A very good wine (4525 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 10/17/2023: NR. Uncharacteristically tight and un fun. Off bottle more likely off palate. Almost accessible crunchy red and black fruits. But we were disabled by previous wines so who knows. (4627 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Léoville, dating back to 1638, was the largest vineyard in the Médoc region. Jean de Moytié, Counselor of the Bordeaux Parliament and nobleman, owned a beautiful gravel slope of vineyard near the Garonne River. At the time it was named after its owner, Mont-Moytié.
In 1740, Jean de Moytié’s great granddaughter married Alexander de Gascq, whose family owned what is now Château Palmer. With great ambition, Alexander began imposing his style by changing the name from Mont-Moytié to Léoville (Lionville). His aim was to make Léoville a model estate and the reference point for the best Médoc wine. He invested and innovated, planting smaller grape varieties, bordering the rows with pinewood, renovating the cellar and aging the free-run wine in barrels. After Alexander’s death and 35 years of expansion and planting, Léoville in Saint-Julien was the largest property in the Médoc, stretching over 300 acres.
One hundred years and numerous transactions later, Léoville Poyferré was born. Although the property was by then much smaller, its outstanding wines gained early recognition and the property was ranked 2nd Growth in the 1855 Classification. In 1920, Paul and Albert Cuvelier, at the time well-known Bordeaux wine brokers, decided to invest in Médoc vineyards and acquired Château Léoville Poyferré.
The Cuvelier Family had previously purchased Château Le Crock in 1903, at the time a classified First Cru Bourgeois Supérieur of Saint-Estèphe. Château Le Crock is surrounded by the Classified Growths Château Cos d’Estournel and Château Montrose, and has a magnificent park, vast meadows and an island. Later the family added Château Moulin Riche, a classified Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, in 1932.
This portfolio of Bordeaux properties continues to be managed by the Cuvelier Family. Didier Cuvelier runs the Château Léoville Poyferré since 1979 and Olivier Cuvelier manages the wine merchant company H.Cuvelier & Fils since 1985. Château Léoville Poyferré, Château Moulin Riche and Château Le Crock all benefit from the same attention by the technical and winemaking team of Château Léoville Poyferré.
Only the best grapes make it into the Grand Vin Léoville Poyferré — fruit from the youngest vines becomes the Pavillon de Léoville Poyferré, while Château Moulin Riche is vinified out of a 20-hectare separate plot which is situated next to Château Talbot.
Since Didier Cuvelier took over the Chateau, the family has invested time and resources in qualitative measures to restructure and improve winemaking techniques and technology. Supported by consultant Michel Rolland since 1994, they have rediscovered the chateau’s admired classical style, characterized by rich tannins, finesse and unrivaled silky texture. The Léoville-Poyferré Grand vin is a wine that benefits immeasurably from ageing; it can be approached after 12 to 15 years, but it will age gracefully for 40 years, in some cases even longer.
With the epic 1982 vintage, Léoville-Poyferré recaptured the magic of the late 19th century, and its resurgence culminated with the 2009 vintage when it received the highly-coveted and rare 100-point score from Robert Parker.Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
VdB
The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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