2000 Château Léoville Poyferré
Community Tasting Note
LiteItOnFire wrote:
Monday, July 12, 2021 - 2021 Bordeaux Tasting Trip; 7/12/2021-7/16/2021 (Bordeaux): A tasting in Bordeaux of 71 wines, some of the best I have ever had and others, umm, well were disappointing. If you read the Tasting story (and my grading history) I think it will do a much better job putting this in perspective.
This was tasted at the chateau immediately upon arriving in Bordeaux after a long day of travel. Our host at the Chateau was very gracious and accommodating with my agenda. As with many wines from this trip, I was previously unfamiliar with the chateau but thanks to JG, I added this to the itinerary and it didn't disappoint.
Some notes of value, at least to me anyway, we tasted 2000, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020 are as follows:
a) quality greatly improved in the most recent vintages
b) added quality improvement equipment and processes
c) the style is on the more opulent side but not over the top or jammy
The 2000 was enjoyable to taste but I left feeling they could have made a better wine and was concerned the chateau was not a wine I wanted for my cellar (which I love finding those as it saves me money). This trend continued until 2015 vintage...
Wine came off a little tired and the overall complexity for a 2000 did not pull through as I would have hoped. This was previously opened which may have a played a role but this was a consistent impression until after the grape sorting equipment and processes were improved.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
7/23/2021 7:05:00 PM - Did you have any food with this.....we had an entire 5 course lunch. On it's own, it is tired, I would agree. With a Morroccan pheasant in brown cream sauce with appropriate spices, it is awesome!