1961 Château Léoville Poyferré

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  7/30/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine:

  Medium reddish garnet in color with an amber tint & distinct clearing at the edges. Full, forward & fragrant nose of well-aged, ripe fruit aromas of cherries, berries, & cassis with overtones of classic cigar box notes of cedar & tobacco, floral notes, earthy/dusty/loam, leather, herbs, mushrooms & a bit of oxidation in the background. Medium-full bodied with a good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, well-aged, ripe fruit flavors of sour cherries, berries & cranberries with earthy/dusty, herbs & minerals. Lingering dry finish. Well past its prime but question if it was due to the storage condition of this specific bottle. Still, it was interesting to sample this older wine. Ullage was at upper shoulder; cork was fully stained & crumbled upon opening.

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  8/27/2021 - wineforth Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Grants of St.James's bottled with level mid shoulder. The top half of the cork came out with the butlers friend and the bottom half ended up in the bottle. Double decanted into another bottle. Big nose of rose hip and mushroom followed up with a strong anise aftertaste. Body is beautifully balanced in the '61 style, lightish and sweet. Overall a lovely wine despite being well past its best. Nowhere near as good as the 1955 drunk last year but still very enjoyable.

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  7/20/2020 - englishman's claret wrote:

  corked, sadly, though this bottle seemed to have more interest and verve underneath the taint than the last bottle of 61 LP.

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  11/13/2018 - OenoEd Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This has aged gracefully, softly elegant, a wealthy 80 year old grand dame's floral parlor: a bit dusty, dried roses, damp wool, and hibiscus tea. A lovely well made wine, still a few years of life left.

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  8/18/2018 - englishman's claret wrote: 91 Points

  This shows a light-ish, candied, currant nose straight out of the bottle and really requires half an hour to pull itself together into a drier, plummy, more substantial wine now accented by leather and loam. A touch of cedar and a hint of brett keep it from being overly simple, but it's lacking the complexity one might hope for in top old claret. Not one of the top 61s, but lots of 61 character in its sweet disposition. 91-92

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