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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 125 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Rupert on 2/25/2024 & rated 92 points: Still showing superbly. Cedary nose, ripe and smooth, plenty of life here (317 views) | | | Tasted by PoyferrAgent1998 on 2/13/2024 & rated 88 points: A proper claret. Not as rich as the 82 and a tad more on the dry-side: spicier, cigar box-cedarwood and more red than blue fruits. (326 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/26/2024 & rated 92 points: Two bottles tasted, both ex-chateau, and one distinctly better than the other. Both show an element of unsmoked cigar and old leather that isn't surprising for '83, but the better example is distinguished by the fact that the fruit really pops. The vivid blueberry and raspberry notes remind you of the success of the summer - until the troubles of August. (686 views) | | | Tasted by PDavisMarble on 1/23/2024 & rated 94 points: This wine was the surprise of the evening. Ex-Chateau, this wine was great. It was fresh and bright, with a somewhat floral nose, that led to notes of plum, currant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco, forest floor. Lovely and long, though others at the dinner who had had this vintage before suggested that perhaps these ex-chateau bottles were in such good shape that they were literally the perfect expression of the wine & the vintage. (335 views) | | | Tasted by xaver@hangartners.ch on 12/2/2023: Nose was still very good. (537 views) | | | Tasted by StefanAkiko on 7/5/2023 flawed bottle: Unfortunately oxidized beyond pleasure. Behind that awful veil were glimpses of deeply beautiful fruit and Bdx-earth...
Fill was perfect, but the cork was compromised and fell into the bottle as I showed it the corkscrew.
As always, it's more about the cork than the wine...
You win some, you loose some.
This was definitely lost :-(
SCREWCAPS! (1006 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 7/2/2023: An absolutely stunning bottle with a beautiful nose of cedar, cigars and dark fruit with a great length and beautifully plush mouthfeel. Blind and I guessed 1982 Bordeaux. WOW!
In bottles that are stored well there is easily another 20 years of life left (920 views) | | | Tasted by Chuckbis on 5/27/2023: Delicious. A little panic when first opened but mellow out Asher 30 minutes (910 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 2/26/2023 & rated 93 points: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of earth, barnyard, toast, cooked black fruits. Medium acidity and medium tannin. (1253 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 1/13/2023 & rated 93 points: Probably at its tail end of drinking cycle. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of earth, toast, cooked black fruits. Medium acidity and medium tannin. (1229 views) | | | Tasted by godx on 12/16/2022: Pulled the corked and served an hour later. Classic nose of pencil lead, leather, forest floor and mature red fruits. Fairly resolved on the palate and in a great place for drinking. A well-stored bottle like this has no signs of decline and in the glass this got better over several hours. Classic claret and everything one would want from a nearly 40 year old St. Julien. (991 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 12/14/2022 & rated 93 points: perfect mid-neck level, this time the friable cork disintegrated, extraction was a challenge, some brown to the rim, lovely classy fine complex fragrant fruit nose, just great, palate has excellent concentration, depth and length, quite dry and smooth tannins hold it all in balance, shows it’s pedigree, certainly the fruit is now more restrained and tertiary aged character is there but still remarkably virile, much appreciated (834 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 11/2/2022 & rated 93 points: Drank at Chateau (M)
Beautifully mature, classic claret (1005 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 7/3/2022 & rated 92 points: An Epic Summer Wine Weekend; 7/1/2022-7/3/2022 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): This pours medium ruby with light bricking. The nose is initially a tad tight but unfurls over the course of a couple hours. Aromas are of old leather, bay leaf, mushrooms, cherry, and dried red currants. The palate is higher in tannin than expected, medium with medium acid. The finish replays much of the nose and is moderate in length. Nice wine. (1740 views) | | | Tasted by LightDancer on 11/15/2021 & rated 92 points: Fine, old Bordeaux. Muted flavors, little fruit, but a fully integrated, seamless drinking experience. Delicious wine with venison and a chanterelle-shallot-noodle dish. Dinner with Jerry and P. (1629 views) | | | Tasted by PhillyVine2112 on 9/5/2021 & rated 93 points: Tannins fully resolved, not a lot of fruit left but no over the hill type soy/mushroom aromas yet. Tons of classic mature Bordeaux flavors and aromas. (1648 views) | | | Tasted by Bruce L on 6/17/2021 & rated 92 points: Drinking very nicely... fully mature but not yet on the downslope. (1784 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 6/17/2021 & rated 93 points: Tasted blind. Most correctly identified this as St.Julien of the 80ies. Nose of farmyard, sour cherry, forest floor and pine tree. Relatively light on the palate but enjoyable. Lovely mature claret. Drink up. (2769 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 1/9/2021 & rated 94 points: perfect mid-neck level, excellent long cork extracted without a problem in a single piece (not to be taken for granted from recent experience of wines of this age), near opaque black cherry red with very little brown, remarkable for age, superb nose, deep, rich, complex, just so much restrained class, lovely, palate rich, all-enveloping in the mouth, quite dry as a counterpoint to the still fresh rich fruit, perfect weight for its flavour and structure, a lovely classy wine at its peak, the super-second status in this case fully justified (1868 views) | | | Tasted by Kepos on 12/21/2020 & rated 91 points: mature Bordeaux, some mushrooms, a bit of musk, still some sweet, dark fruit, decent ending. (1397 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 5/27/2020 & rated 93 points: perfect level (mid-neck) and cork, deep warm rich fruit on the nose, musky, positive hint of brown mushrooms, palate warm rich distinctly dry on the front to mid- palate, smoothness of age but still very fresh, great persistent aftertaste, lovely wine at its peak (1823 views) | | | Tasted by Philippe_C on 2/16/2020 & rated 93 points: Very evolved, mushrooms, roasted meat... Very nice and elegant, roasted meat, delicious mature claret. (1995 views) | | | Tasted by Jammy Wine on 9/17/2019 & rated 86 points: The 1983 Leoville Poyferre is fully matured and should be consumed sooner than later. Resolved plummy red fruits and mellow earthy game. Lighter body and depth compared to La Mission Haut Brion 1983, but very smooth and easy drinking. Drink now. (86/100) (2400 views) | | | Tasted by red_man on 8/11/2019 & rated 95 points: this particular bottle was just superb, the adjective is overused but the nose on this was truly sexy because towards the end of inhaling it is like the slightly musky character of perfume on the pillow the morning after, palate still with powerful complex fruit but smoothed by 35 years of age, mellow tannins at the finish keep it all perfectly in balance, a delight! Perfect with the lamb, less good with cheese after, so then left to savour alone (1863 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 7/24/2019 & rated 93 points: Super Seconds and the Like (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. We drank this with the ’83 Montrose that stole the show, but the ’83 Poyferre was not to be overlooked either. Maybe a bit more austere, but a fine aged claret it is. Pencil, cherry, cassis on the nose. The palate is dominated by the pencil lead and a dried wood feel, darker fruit – more to cassis, on the medium full bodied palate. Maybe a tad thinner on the palate and little high toned at times. By itself this would have impressed more so. 92+ to 93pts. (2291 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Vinous Table: The Parson’s Table, Arundel, UK (May 2022) (5/1/2022)
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Decanter, JA Château Léoville Poyferré vertical 2018 (6/13/2018)
(Château Léoville Poyferré, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2013, Issue #47, The 1983 Bordeaux Vintage: Superb Quality Forever in the Long Shadow of 1982
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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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