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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 31 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PoyferrAgent1998 on 2/10/2024 & rated 92 points: An absolute gem of a wine. Very fragrant nose. Tertiary, but still some nice freshness and fruit. Refined, ripe red fruit, raspberry and violets. Elegant and perfumed. (221 views) | | | Tasted by LWI on 7/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Middag med venner: Sur-søt, balansert og frisk, kommet langt men det er allikevel en del frukt igjen. Lang, noe nyper og blod. (729 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 10/15/2022 & rated 91 points: The 1966 Léoville Poyferré speaks to its era, sporting a slightly malty, damp cedar mulch character on the nose which falls into the background as sweet strawberry and red cherry expand after 15 minutes in the decanter. There’s an appealing piment d’esplette spiciness that completes the nose. True to the form of many 66s, the palate is more austere with cherry, beef blood, and earth, not really showing the winsome character found on the nose. There are still tannins here - the 66s will die with their boots on. Best after 15 minutes in the decanter (which allows the fruit to expand) but before minute 45 (by which time the earth elements overtook the fruit). (2232 views) | | | Tasted by vagrantone on 4/17/2022 & rated 91 points: I enjoyed this wine primarily for its nose; absolutely stunning pure St Julien; vibrant. The texture lacks a little, especially compared to both 66 Las Cases and Barton. On the downhill side, drink soon. (1572 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 9/21/2021 & rated 96 points: Medium garnet in colour with heavy sediments. Its still clear and not cloudy which is a very good sign. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of cedar, toast, spices, tea. Medium acidity and tannin. Tannin fully integrated. Medium body with long finish. Very enjoyable for a nice aged Bordeaux in such good condition. (2279 views) | | | Tasted by Cikgoo on 12/28/2020 & rated 90 points: Some hints of cherry cola on the nose initially but improved in the next hour. A bit tired but fruit is still present (2497 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 11/14/2020 & rated 94 points: Fine Wines SG - Grand Cru Discovery Pack (Delivered to Home): Medium garnet, turning tawny, and significant edge fading and browning. Subtle nose of coffee, cocoa, mint, some rocky minerals, and hint of Angelica. A bit of bite from the tannins remain, and quite a bit of alcohol burn, with fairly tart acids and sour cherry flavours and a big bouquet of purple flowers, as well as tree bark and Chinese roots. Long, complex finish as the tart sour cherries kept coming back between waves of herbs. Great wine! (2286 views) | | | Tasted by wineappreciation on 8/7/2020 & rated 94 points: Cigar box, blueberry, blackberry, hints of vanilla; smooth, silky, well preserved, long, some fruit still, classic Leoville Poyferre and very well poised; truly excellent
After 2 Hours: Very similar but a slight further sweetness emerging on the palate; overall, comparatively simple and yet extremely seductive and superbly enjoyable (2191 views) | | | Tasted by wineforth on 7/30/2020 & rated 95 points: After a 97 point 66 Las Cases and a 96 point 55 Poyferré I thought it worth the risk paying £130 for an upper mid shoulder Chateau bottled 66 Poyferré. The wine was left for several months to settle. I was worried when I removed the capsule and the cork showed signs of seepage and was slightly depressed. It took two go's with the butlers friend to get the disintegrating cork out. I carefully double decanted back into the washed out bottle using a tea strainer to remove bits of cork. Colour is dark brick. Still half expecting an expensive bottle of vinegar but the nose was a lovely, clean sweet liquorice with coffee and blackcurrant on the palate. Fruit is on the light side of medium weight and the tannins are super soft. The finish is long and flavorful. A great experience. Better condition bottles will keep but those much below the bottom of the neck should be drunk up now. (2192 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 5/6/2020: Struggled a bit with this cork. It was just a bit longer than the Durand and so of course only part of the cork came out and the rest was a crumbly mess. Decanted for sediment (and remaining bits of cork) and then rebottled. This was a totally fine old Bordeaux. A bit musty in the beginning, but then it opened up. There's nothing revelational about this. Just a standard old Bordeaux. Prob on the backswing, but 100% still drinkable. (1820 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 3/23/2019: pleasant surprise to sample this wine at age 53.
nose - tobacco
mouth - tobacco infused lighter cherry, drinking surprisingly well. when i came back to it later in the evening it seemed more faded (2091 views) | | | Tasted by tadams66 on 12/4/2016 & rated 92 points: I thought this would be done but it was extremely impressive. cherries and strawberries blended with mushroom and leather. Tannins were fully integrated. Lasted several hours after opening. This is an experience only available from other bordeaux (4121 views) | | | Tasted by DaleW on 5/1/2016: (opened at restaurant, a bit shook up)
Black fruit, cedar, quite full, rich. A-/B+ (4640 views) | | | Tasted by EhrlichDY on 3/25/2016 & rated 93 points: Lunch at Black Salt with 1999 Fourrier Griotte, 1999 Mugneret Gibourg Ruchottes, NV Selosse Rose, 1999 Taittinger CdC Rose, 59 Calon Segur and more (Black Salt, Washington DC): Perfect bottle with a fill just into the next. Popped the cork out with a Durand and slow oxed for two hours before drinking. The Leoville Poyferre was more tertiary than the 59 Calon Segur with notes of mushroom, tobacco, and cigar box. With air, some dark fruit came out rounding out the flavor and provide overall balance to the flavor. I also recall an unmistakable aroma of old wine cellar. Unlike the Calon Segur which will continue to age gracefully for many years, I would drink these up. (5313 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 12/3/2015 & rated 90 points: HDH holiday tasting (Chicago, IL): This was a surprisingly light bottle of wine, but did it show like a star. Perhaps a few years past its prime, but this was not in any severe state of decline. There was a lovely bell pepper note toned with pencil shavings and leather, as well as tart red fruit that was surprising to find on such an old wine. You could find all the same things on the palate, but the acidity at this point has started to stick out a little bit. Drink sooner than later. (5441 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 12/3/2015 & rated 91 points: HDH Holiday Wine Tasting (HDH Offices - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Cigarbox, mushroom and mature black berries. Still showing what's left of 1966's firm structure, but i live where this has emerged. (5870 views) | | | Tasted by William Kelley on 10/29/2014 & rated 91 points: The 1966 Léoville Poyferré is a very attractive wine, which blossoms in the decanter to reveal a detailed bouquet of lifted red and black fruit, cedar, Cuban cigar and graphite-like soil tones. Precise and firm at the core, with the relatively high acids that are characteristic of the vintage, this is leaner than some of its peers, but also quite a concentrated, characterful Poyferré that has retained its youthful juicy vibrancy and cut. (4258 views) | | | Tasted by LWI on 3/30/2014 & rated 92 points: A healthy wine with some depth, some fruit left, conforting, slightly complex finish. (3395 views) | | | Tasted by -E- on 3/29/2014 & rated 89 points: Klar, dyp rødoransje med klar kant. Mild nese med lær, sopp, tobakk og innslag av røde bær.
Frisk og klar frukt med grei fylde. Bløt og glatt, mangler litt konsentrasjon. Bløte, nedslipte tanniner. Tørr utgang med svakt sursøt frukt. Fin lengde. (3042 views) | | | Tasted by kenv on 11/7/2013 & rated 91 points: WCC St. Julien (Cafe Capriccio, Albany, NY): [Double-decanted at 5pm.] Very muted nose. Dried fruit. Lovely and long, but past peak. (3875 views) | | | Tasted by LelouchViBritannia on 10/24/2012 & rated 90 points: High to mid shoulder. Decanter for 30 minutes. At first smells like dull corked wine which had me worried. But later the odur worn off and evolved to a beautiful wine. No tannins left but still a little bit cherry and mostly earthy/soil like terrior, minerality. All in all a good wine that is 20 years past prime, but still tasting alright. (4045 views) | | | Tasted by kingkanu on 12/7/2011 & rated 93 points: Top shoulder fill. Sommelier advised to just decant and serve so we did. Medium body but very bright with only a hint of lightening at the rim. Straight away there's a beautiful cedar and graphite nose with a bunch of blackberry fruit, some leather and animal blends in nicely. In the mouth it's still fresh, good ripe tasting fruit still carries this wine with lovely mature savoury flavours weaving in and out. A beautiful bottle of mature St Julien (4835 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 9/21/2010 & rated 87 points: Christine Huang's Back in Town (Jimmie's Bar & Ristorante, San Francisco, California): Bricked medium red color with very pale meniscus; murky, tobacco, dried plum, very mature nose; mature, tart red fruit, tart currant, cedar palate with medium-plus acidity and drying tannins; short-medium finish (bottle had a low shoulder fill) (3308 views) | | | Tasted by zsherburne on 6/1/2009 & rated 91 points: Wife and I had this with dinner, a simply prepared Fillet Mignon. Lovely wine. We opened the bottle two hours before dinner and did not decant. The capsule had some slight damage and the portion of the cork I could see looked quite grungy so I had some concerns about the condition of the wine. Had a small taste after opening the bottle and while the wine had not turned but it did seem non-descript (not much nose, mouth feel, or flavors). An hour in took another small taste and began preparing dinner; at this point wine was opening up but still a little tight but the nose was starting to show the smells of it's terroir. Two hours in dinner was ready and the wine was opening up nicely, tannins were soft and dusty when paired with the steak the wine showed nicely. the wine continued to evolve over a total of five hours at times having a touch of sweetness and cherries on the initial taste, then moving on to a more dry experience with mellow tannins and a soft, pleasant mouth feel . Reminded me of why I so enjoy Bordeaux with some age on it. My perception is that the wine is in it's declining years but was a wonderful experience. (5442 views) | | | Tasted by steffenpelz on 12/25/2007: Christmas Day Food and Wine: Low shoulder fill and signs of heavy seepage. Was pretty clear to me that this is over the hill. I opened it and just smelling it was enough to pour it down the drain. I imagine that this was what raw sewage water smells like. Yuck. (6262 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2008, Issue #15, The 1966 Bordeaux Vintage Revisited
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(Château Léoville Poyferré) Bricked medium red color with very pale meniscus; murky, tobacco, dried plum, very mature nose; mature, tart red fruit, tart currant, cedar palate with medium-plus acidity and drying tannins; short-medium finish (bottle had a low shoulder fill) 87 points |
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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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