2000 Château Léoville Poyferré

Community Tasting Note

ChristopherB Likes this wine:

94 Points

Sunday, July 15, 2018 - From a half bottle. Nice dark rubis-black colour with no bricking at the edges. Upon uncorking, quite present aromas of raspberries and blackberries. In the glass, discrete red and black fruit as well as cedar and more specifically, raspberries in cream. On the palate, wow! Frank attack with a core of concentrated fruit on the mid-palate. Lots of tannin, but polished. Very good length up to a minute of raspberries, cream and blackberries all surrounded by the tannin with a touch of graphite and black olive. Frankly, a very nice wine. After 15 minutes in a decanter, secondary aromas start to appear - leather and damp forest floor. The core of concentrated fruit is intoxicating et promises a good evolution for this wine. Today, I would give it 93-94 but this may improve to 95 with extra maturity. Very good today from a half bottle, but will likely improve for another 2 years and then hold a plateau for 12-15 years (H-B). Beautiful wine!

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Comment posted by Mark1npt:

7/15/2018 10:46:00 AM - Thanks for the indepth notes.....I've got a 1.5 and am tempted every weekend to open it.....never gonna last another 10-15 years in this house!
Mark
Comment posted by ChristopherB:

7/16/2018 8:09:00 AM - I understand. But I would try to hold off another few years or get a second one to taste when it is ripe. Regardless, from a half-bottle (which ripens faster), it is already really delicious!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

9/18/2018 4:49:00 PM - Couldn't hold off any longer Chris....just too good.....review coming shortly! Mark
Comment posted by ChristopherB:

9/18/2018 11:34:00 PM - Hey Mark, glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to reading your review.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

9/19/2018 5:11:00 AM - It was pretty darn good.....had the opportunity to decant 3 hours and enjoy over 2-3 more! In a nice window right now, but probably not yet the fully mature wine a lot of BDX people on here love. Perfect for me!