Decanted for a couple of hours. Good signs at first - lovely bramble aroma in the glass. Initial taste of fruit and spice that seemed to disappear pretty quickly - short finish I would say and starting to lose it's fruit. Not a great vintage this so I would drink up if you've got any of this lying around..
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Dark red, slightly brown rim. Funk and barnyard fresh from the bottle, closed, exotic spices, cassis, some pencil notes. Opens up after a few hours in the decanter. Nice on the palate, fresh, medium body, good length, integrated tannins. Suffers from the vintage, the fruit is slightly underwhelming.
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Tasted at a Leoville-Poyferre tasting. Only opened an hour or less before tasting. Very purple. Slightly funky nose at first but that faded fairly rapidly with aeration. More fruit than the Ch. le Crock but still dry and slightly astringent. Still quite young. Shows potential and should be somewhat better in two years. Better with food than alone.
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Bought at Leoville Poyferré in St-Julien. It smells like dark fruit and in particular it smells like cassis. Clearly, the cabernet is showing itself. Currently, it is very pleasant. Not sure if it will improve, but it is already very pleasant and should stay like this for a few years. Without being an extraordinary wine, it had more definition than the Soutard 2003 that was drunk with it. Cassis aromas and flavours - very pleasant and well defined. I enjoyed it and look forward to tasting its big brother Léoville Poyferré. The 1990 tasted like blackberries, this one is black currants. Good wine worth its price.
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Tasted at LP. Pencil, oak, tapenade. Very good. Svelte mouth feel and the tannins only show their full force on the finish! I enjoyed this - less glossy and plush than the LP alongside. 3+ to 4-
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Bordeaux Region - Tasted at Chateau: Tasted at Chateau Leoville-Poyferre. This is the second wine of Chateau Leoville-Poyferre. A nice, medium bodied wine, nothing extraordinary. Flavors of dark berries, cassis, earth, a bit of oak. The tannins are still a bit tight and mouth filling. A couple more years before this wine is really ready to drink. We were served from a half bottle that was opened for us, so there was very little time for air. I swirled the glass for several minutes but it was still very tight.
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Bordeaux Trip, 4 days, 1st and 2nd Growths; 6/14/2011-6/17/2011 (Bordeaux): Deep red color. This is the second wine of Leoville Poyferre. The recommendation is to give these wines 4 years of bottle age and then drink over 10-15 years. This wine showed subtle earth, cassis, berries, and oak. Really quite nice for a 2007, it has evolved nicely. 89-90pts. Great QPR.
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11/4/2016 - DFBW wrote: 87 Points
Decanted for a couple of hours. Good signs at first - lovely bramble aroma in the glass. Initial taste of fruit and spice that seemed to disappear pretty quickly - short finish I would say and starting to lose it's fruit. Not a great vintage this so I would drink up if you've got any of this lying around..
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7/4/2016 - TheJazzPolice wrote: 88 Points
Dark red, slightly brown rim. Funk and barnyard fresh from the bottle, closed, exotic spices, cassis, some pencil notes. Opens up after a few hours in the decanter. Nice on the palate, fresh, medium body, good length, integrated tannins. Suffers from the vintage, the fruit is slightly underwhelming.
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6/11/2016 - Thejaaysog Likes this wine: 85 Points
Half bottle, 1 hour decant. Good, still drinkable. Nice tannin and acid balance. A little brick dust and a bit of spice on the mid length finish.
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10/15/2014 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 87 Points
Tasted at a Leoville-Poyferre tasting. Only opened an hour or less before tasting. Very purple. Slightly funky nose at first but that faded fairly rapidly with aeration. More fruit than the Ch. le Crock but still dry and slightly astringent. Still quite young. Shows potential and should be somewhat better in two years. Better with food than alone.
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8/8/2014 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 88 Points
Bought at Leoville Poyferré in St-Julien. It smells like dark fruit and in particular it smells like cassis. Clearly, the cabernet is showing itself. Currently, it is very pleasant. Not sure if it will improve, but it is already very pleasant and should stay like this for a few years. Without being an extraordinary wine, it had more definition than the Soutard 2003 that was drunk with it. Cassis aromas and flavours - very pleasant and well defined. I enjoyed it and look forward to tasting its big brother Léoville Poyferré. The 1990 tasted like blackberries, this one is black currants. Good wine worth its price.
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9/27/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
Académie des Cinquante Bordeaux visit; 9/26/2012-9/29/2012: Merlot dominated, relatively fleshy but elegant and without greenness, well-balanced, nice length. Showing well.
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5/28/2012 - englishman's claret wrote: 90 Points
Tasted at LP. Pencil, oak, tapenade. Very good. Svelte mouth feel and the tannins only show their full force on the finish! I enjoyed this - less glossy and plush than the LP alongside.
3+ to 4-
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5/21/2012 - cliffkol wrote: 88 Points
Bordeaux Region - Tasted at Chateau: Tasted at Chateau Leoville-Poyferre.
This is the second wine of Chateau Leoville-Poyferre. A nice, medium bodied wine, nothing extraordinary. Flavors of dark berries, cassis, earth, a bit of oak. The tannins are still a bit tight and mouth filling. A couple more years before this wine is really ready to drink. We were served from a half bottle that was opened for us, so there was very little time for air. I swirled the glass for several minutes but it was still very tight.
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7/8/2011 - davestenton wrote:
Roberson Summer Walkabout Tasting 2011 (London): Raw, meaty nose. Palate is classic and correct but not that distinctive.
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6/15/2011 - rocknroller wrote: 90 Points
Bordeaux Trip, 4 days, 1st and 2nd Growths; 6/14/2011-6/17/2011 (Bordeaux): Deep red color. This is the second wine of Leoville Poyferre. The recommendation is to give these wines 4 years of bottle age and then drink over 10-15 years. This wine showed subtle earth, cassis, berries, and oak. Really quite nice for a 2007, it has evolved nicely. 89-90pts. Great QPR.
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5/4/2011 - vespasian wrote: 86 Points
Spicy, toasty nose. Typical 2007; creamy palate but very little fruit expression. Drink soon.
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