Delicate and lifted, this is an elegant wine. Leather and moist earth, dried cranberries, wood smoke, wet stones, and a touch of mustiness, but not in a bad way. Surprisingly, the ‘83 outshone the ‘82 on this evening.
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DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Seattle, WA): Tasted blind. More secondary flavors on the nose; earth, spice. Tart cherry; medium weight; spice. Fine tannins, a bit more acid. Seems like it's already peaked.
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Decanted for 2 hours. Garnet red with a brownish rim. Beautiful nose of cigar box with cassis and other black fruits. The palate was dominated by acidity rather than tannins which were completely resolved. Not much persistence on the finish. Still nice, but starting to fade. If you have a bottle in your cellar, it needs drinking.
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XMas Caroling - Magnum - drinking very beautifully. Certainly not a blockbuster, but the nose has a lot of energy and depth. Silky wine with soft sweet tannins and dark fruit notes. Short finish, but still very enjoyable.
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Had at a Christmas Party out of a Magnum. The nose was amazing with a nice hint of oak. It was a very soft wine with some fruit still hanging around. The only shortfall was the short finish, but was still a very nice holiday treat. I love all of the wines from Poyferre as well as the other Leoville's.
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Dark red. At first a beautiful bouquet with cassis and luxurious oak. A few hours later this beautiful bouquet has faded. On the palate cassis as well as red berry fruits, firm acidity and a little bitterness in the finish. Overall the wine is ok, but a little disappointing because it has a little bit too much acidity and the finish is quite short. Nevertheless a really pleasurable wine and at its peak now.
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Really a pleasure drinking. The bouquet is very tempting with soft cassis and oak. The taste is soft as well. Now ready for drinking. And, however this wine is lacking the complexity and finesse of the real great wines, I keep on buying this, because the potential is there and the wine never really disappoints.
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1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 Points
Delicate and lifted, this is an elegant wine. Leather and moist earth, dried cranberries, wood smoke, wet stones, and a touch of mustiness, but not in a bad way. Surprisingly, the ‘83 outshone the ‘82 on this evening.
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5/2/2016 - dpolivy wrote:
DRC Tasting Group: Bordeaux Night (Seattle, WA): Tasted blind. More secondary flavors on the nose; earth, spice. Tart cherry; medium weight; spice. Fine tannins, a bit more acid. Seems like it's already peaked.
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3/28/2016 - Saint-Exupéry wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for 2 hours. Garnet red with a brownish rim. Beautiful nose of cigar box with cassis and other black fruits. The palate was dominated by acidity rather than tannins which were completely resolved. Not much persistence on the finish. Still nice, but starting to fade. If you have a bottle in your cellar, it needs drinking.
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12/19/2013 - Spl232 Likes this wine: 93 Points
XMas Caroling - Magnum - drinking very beautifully. Certainly not a blockbuster, but the nose has a lot of energy and depth. Silky wine with soft sweet tannins and dark fruit notes. Short finish, but still very enjoyable.
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12/19/2013 - GA Old World Guy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had at a Christmas Party out of a Magnum. The nose was amazing with a nice hint of oak. It was a very soft wine with some fruit still hanging around. The only shortfall was the short finish, but was still a very nice holiday treat. I love all of the wines from Poyferre as well as the other Leoville's.
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3/29/1996 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Dark red. At first a beautiful bouquet with cassis and luxurious oak. A few hours later this beautiful bouquet has faded. On the palate cassis as well as red berry fruits, firm acidity and a little bitterness in the finish. Overall the wine is ok, but a little disappointing because it has a little bit too much acidity and the finish is quite short. Nevertheless a really pleasurable wine and at its peak now.
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9/2/1995 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Really a pleasure drinking. The bouquet is very tempting with soft cassis and oak. The taste is soft as well. Now ready for drinking. And, however this wine is lacking the complexity and finesse of the real great wines, I keep on buying this, because the potential is there and the wine never really disappoints.
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