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| | Vintage | 2018 |  Label 1 of 530 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château Léoville Poyferré (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | St. Julien | | UPC Code(s) | 000008843050, 087752007280, 3277038418542, 3412951806827, 3448822101210, 3609050947937, 3760181350598, 3760181350888, 3760181351205, 3760181353773, 400000121086, 4000149659622, 4000149698164, 4000149699123, 649185021952, 696852053594, 7071115163426, 714153272985 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.8 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 53 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PLLU on 4/12/2024 & rated 96 points: Tasted at the Chateau
Medium Ruby
Medium + intensity with aromas of black fruit (Blackcurrants, Blackberries, Black plums & cherries. Beautiful integrated oak with flavors of cedar, vanilla, leather & licorice. Still fruit driven in a very balanced way.
On the palate the wine is dry with high acidity and tannins ( integrated and not too tough), high alcohol and full body (although in an elegant way. The intensity is medium + and the finish is long.
The quality is outstanding and will age beautifully. Now there are almost no signs of tertiary flavors. (2635 views) | | | Tasted by wren460 on 11/29/2023 & rated 95 points: This is sooo good right now but will get MUCH MUCH better in the future with some more time in the bottle. Decanted 6 hours but this baby needs 5 years or more to begin its adulthood. I would like to think based on the structure and masive tanins that this wine will be a candidate for almost perfect scores 10-15 years from today. Have 12 more bottles and will wait a few years to open the next one. NOT READY although extremely delicious (7773 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 7/2/2023 & rated 94 points: still in the fruit phase, super approachable, young and sexy. (10356 views) | | | Tasted by Artbreadman on 7/2/2023 & rated 95 points: This will absolutely live up to the critical reviews. The question is will you be able to keep your hands off it for 10 years? (9110 views) | | | Tasted by LuisMaimoni@Yahoo.com on 6/26/2023: Yummy good. Worth $150? Maybe! I mean, in my mind, very few wines are worth $150... but this wine is exceptional. If you've got $150 laying around and can't figure out a better use for it... you could do a lot worse. (9728 views) | | | Tasted by JustOneMoreGlass on 6/25/2023 & rated 95 points: Young and sexy, tight integrated silky tannins. Dark fruit but not overly expressive yet. Balanced structure throughout palate. 95/96 (8833 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 3/16/2023: More dramatic, and of course, tastes more like money. (9950 views) | | | Tasted by Sun_Ship on 3/3/2023 & rated 95 points: The inky purple, almost black, appearance introduces an intensely deep nose of ripe blackberry, crème de mûre, sweet blueberries, smoked meat, dried floral notes, pencil shavings, bark, leather ... one could get lost for quite a while in here. Velvet in the mouth, with endless juicy dark fruits shrouded in smokey and savoury layers. Shades of Pomerol … or Napa … but staying just the right side of the line. Incredibly fine but powerful tannins envelope smoothly, building to a crushing crescendo. This carries exceptional promise. 95+ (7704 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 2/25/2023 & rated 96 points: It’s important to give the 2018 Léoville Poyferré plenty of air if you’re tasting it now, because for the first 3 hours the fruit remains in its shell, leaving the nose to the devices of its oak and not showing a proper counterbalance to the alcohol. Yet at hours 3, 4, 5, and 16 the wine simply continues to unfurl and shows what it’s really made of - and what the future holds. Léoville Poyferré has captured the ripeness and luxury of the 2018 vintage while staying just on the right side of the line when it comes to ripeness, sporting an enveloping plummy, mixed berry nose, freshened by pencil shaving and petrichor, with a bit of dark chocolate eventually showing itself. The textures here are really voluptuous and they’re able to balance the 14.2% alcohol pretty well. A very fine vintage here, though admittedly there’s always going to be a little unpredictability with 2018 ABVs as these enter their 3rd-4th decade.
94-97 (9255 views) | | | Tasted by Spsmatthews on 1/2/2023 & rated 94 points: Obviously way too early to open this, but couldn't resist. Decanted 8 hours.
Dense purple. Nose of dark red and black fruits, chocolate, sweet spices / oak. Very concentrated / powerful on the palate. Huge tannins for now. Long finish. (9567 views) | | | Tasted by jvwine on 12/31/2022 flawed bottle: Sediment in bottle (8642 views) | | | Tasted by gjv115 on 11/14/2022: Pnp. It's young and took a while to open up but when it did it was remarkable. Very Elegant. Dark fruit flavor dominates but there is a lot of complexity. Long finish. An amazing future ahead. (8661 views) | | | Tasted by Irish_Wine on 11/1/2022 & rated 95 points: Deep ruby.
Lovely nose with black currant, cedar, mint, graphite,
Lovely palate. Ripe fruit. Long finish.
*** Tasted as part of a walkaround 2018 Bordeaux tasting. Not full notes ***
(3813 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 10/21/2022: NY Wine Experience 2022; 10/20/2022-10/23/2022 (Marriott Marquis): Lots of dark fruits and baking spices and while this is incredibly young it seems to have the stuffing to be a long-time wine. Interested to see how it develops with more time. Great price point for the quality of Bordeaux it is. (9245 views) | | | Tasted by ayalao3 on 9/30/2022 & rated 97 points: This is a great wine. Decanted for 3 hours and it was awesome in the glass for another 5 hours until it was consumed. Crème de cassis and blue fruits. Blueberry pie but without being jammy. Feel free to enjoy. Not as tannic as other notes say. (9061 views) | | | Tasted by jeffreylubowski on 9/21/2022: The combination of youth and extraction render this essentially unenjoyable to me currently. At this stage it's like a perfectly landed left hook to the mouth. It doesn't seem shut down but rather a natural born bruiser. Some old world flavors of tobacco and gravel peaking out, but just gobs of blue and red fruits clobber you. I enjoy LP from time to time but I think this one may be a bit much for me. But time will tell. I could be wrong. I'll give one more a shot in a decade. (8705 views) | | | Tasted by PSanDiego on 9/11/2022 & rated 97 points: Wow, I am impressed. First time to taste LP. Thought it would have been closed, but it wasn't. If this is their standard, then I am a fan. (8679 views) | | | Tasted by Brendel on 5/28/2022 & rated 96 points: Massively tannic, extremely dark almost black color. This wine is incredible but undrinkable now—the tannins need time to resolve. Maybe in 3-5 years minimum it can be tasted again. Should be fantastic in future. Even decanted 6 hours it showed little change; on day 2 it started to open up a little bit and shows great promise; still not ready on day 3. On day 4 it is still drinkable and nose opened more.
Appearance: very dark purple, heavy legs and extract.
Nose: first rate, you can tell the complexity in this wine although it seems still a bit closed; bouquet of violets, cherries, black currant, a bit of pear, a bit of rose perfume, damp cloth, Bordeaux funk, tabbaco, pepper, a slight smoked meat note. This will be intoxicating when it opens up a bit more. After a few days, the nose reveals dates and candied fruit.
Palate: blueberries, red cherries, a bit of pepper, wood chips, chalk. Astringent persimmon note. Elegamt mouthfeel but a very strong wine; there is an elegance that is surprising given the tannins. It is like a meal. This reminds me of eating venison in a black currant sauce at my favorite French restaurant (La Chaumiere in DC); it really feels like a meal.
Incredibly long finish with strong alcohol that retains the flavors from the palate: red cherries etc.
Clearly will be excellent. But far far too young now and I honestly regret opening it. This is not a casual wine by any means; it demands full attention. At the $130 we paid this is well worth collecting to age. Will get 2 more bottles. 96-97 pts. (10014 views) | | | Tasted by Dwongl on 4/16/2022 & rated 97 points: Dark cherries, red fruits and pencil shavings on the nose. Fabulous structure, great intensity with tight tannins, very long finish. (10280 views) | | | Tasted by Thek on 3/13/2022 & rated 95 points: Opened and recorked 24h in advance. Nose of purple flowers, boysenberry, hints of oak, moderate aromatic intensity. Medium plus bodied, purple fruit, floral. Very tannic with moderate coarseness, medium acidity. Saving the second half for day 3.
This is a fantastic bottle. The tannins are very strong, so if you’re averse I would not open this anytime soon. It seems slightly closed, but still very good. I’m very excited to see where this goes in another 10 years. (10807 views) | | | Tasted by Everything Ahead on 2/16/2022 & rated 90 points: I've been enjoying some other very "open for business" 2018 St Juliens lately (Leoville Barton and Lagrange; can't justify the expense for Las Cases anymore, sadly :( so thought we would crack one of these. The wine was decanted for 6-8 hours and then tasted over two consecutive nights ...
I wish I could say that I was as enamored of the Poyferre as most other CT folks have been, but in all honesty I have never been that impressed by a Poyferre, and I have sampled a number of vintages over the years.
Day one: Out of the gates and with several hours in decanter this shows exactly like a very nice warm vintage Chateauneuf-du-Pape: kirsch, licorice, roasted peanuts, noticeable alcohol. Compressed midpalate. Medium body. And that is about it.
Day two: This is more Bordeaux-like now, although honestly it could be a Napa Cab or even a new-wave, new-oak-aged CDP. Still surprisingly red-fruited (cherries) and yet I get peeks of blackcurrant and blueberry but they pop in and out of view mysteriously. More licorice, molasses, and new oak (I think this is slightly over-oaked). Silkier now, but still lacking the midpalate finesse and minerality of the other St Juliens from this vintage I have tried recently. (The Barton was so dark-fruit-juicy and minerally compared with this; the Lagrange more cedary and of its place) The palate is not nearly expansive as the Barton, even after being open for almost 48 hrs. (Anyone who has plenty of both of these 2018 Leovilles should open them side by side in the near future and you'll see what I mean)
By the end of day two, I honestly can't pick this out as St Julien. At least it went well with dinner (roast duck, potatoes gratin).
This wine has garnered stratospheric scores from all the major critics, and tasters on CT as well, but this bottle was completely blown out of the water by both 2018 Lagrange and especially 2018 Leoville Barton. I'm tempted to call "Emperor's New Clothes" on this one, but that would be disrespectful to all the much more experienced tasters than myself. I will let my remaining bottles age for 10-15 years and hope for some magic ... (12079 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 12/25/2021 & rated 95 points: With all the press on this wine I had to check in on this purchase. No doubt this is a quality wine with a bright future but I prefer the Calon Segur at this price point today. No doubt a beautiful BDX. Time will deliver complexity and reward restraint in spades. Caulk fine tannins center stage. Over 48 there wasn't much change.
Patience will be reward. 95+
Hold till 2028 (14497 views) | | | Tasted by RoyaltyCoins on 12/3/2021 & rated 98 points: Deep ruby.
Nose: Fruitcake, melted baking chocolate, pencil lead, cool crushed black cherry. Really complete aromatics.
Mouth: Fabulously concentrated: flavors of black currant and black cherry come across focused, on a velveteen frame, just before fanning out into fleshier acai berry and blackberry compote notes. Light alder, black loam and tar kick in from this point on, giving this serious spine as manicured tannins check in.
The fruit is really vivid here, and shows prodigious depth, with beautiful rendering that keeps driving on while staying plush throughout. Also of note is the freshness that undergirds the opulence here, the acidity is lively, giving a solid spine that melds wonderfully into the more rigid parts of the finish. A winner. Drink 2024 - 2041.
98. (12124 views) | | | Tasted by Orange Tsian on 11/25/2021 & rated 93 points: 香气讨喜，起头就带有浓重的奶油味，黑樱桃、黑莓等黑果之中透露出一些晶莹的红色光泽，还有些苹果汁的味道，玫瑰和紫罗兰花瓣勾勒出一些丰腴的质感，蓬松中内核紧实，中后段多石墨、巧克力、香草奶油以及香料等味道。入口结构较大，集中度较高，质地比较绵软，但有一道线条贯穿前后。黑醋栗、黑樱桃等果味并不太坚固，柔软丰富，花瓣、烟草碎、细细的矿物质地绵绵，较为享乐，余味较长。93/100 (11124 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 11/25/2021 & rated 93 points: More concentrated than the Barton and more extracted. Powerful chocolate, ripe fruits, oaky. Big and full bodied and layered, almost Napa like, in a good way of course. (9950 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Léoville, dating back to 1638, was the largest vineyard in the Médoc region. Jean de Moytié, Counselor of the Bordeaux Parliament and nobleman, owned a beautiful gravel slope of vineyard near the Garonne River. At the time it was named after its owner, Mont-Moytié.
In 1740, Jean de Moytié’s great granddaughter married Alexander de Gascq, whose family owned what is now Château Palmer. With great ambition, Alexander began imposing his style by changing the name from Mont-Moytié to Léoville (Lionville). His aim was to make Léoville a model estate and the reference point for the best Médoc wine. He invested and innovated, planting smaller grape varieties, bordering the rows with pinewood, renovating the cellar and aging the free-run wine in barrels. After Alexander’s death and 35 years of expansion and planting, Léoville in Saint-Julien was the largest property in the Médoc, stretching over 300 acres.
One hundred years and numerous transactions later, Léoville Poyferré was born. Although the property was by then much smaller, its outstanding wines gained early recognition and the property was ranked 2nd Growth in the 1855 Classification. In 1920, Paul and Albert Cuvelier, at the time well-known Bordeaux wine brokers, decided to invest in Médoc vineyards and acquired Château Léoville Poyferré.
The Cuvelier Family had previously purchased Château Le Crock in 1903, at the time a classified First Cru Bourgeois Supérieur of Saint-Estèphe. Château Le Crock is surrounded by the Classified Growths Château Cos d’Estournel and Château Montrose, and has a magnificent park, vast meadows and an island. Later the family added Château Moulin Riche, a classified Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, in 1932.
This portfolio of Bordeaux properties continues to be managed by the Cuvelier Family. Didier Cuvelier runs the Château Léoville Poyferré since 1979 and Olivier Cuvelier manages the wine merchant company H.Cuvelier & Fils since 1985. Château Léoville Poyferré, Château Moulin Riche and Château Le Crock all benefit from the same attention by the technical and winemaking team of Château Léoville Poyferré.
Only the best grapes make it into the Grand Vin Léoville Poyferré — fruit from the youngest vines becomes the Pavillon de Léoville Poyferré, while Château Moulin Riche is vinified out of a 20-hectare separate plot which is situated next to Château Talbot.
Since Didier Cuvelier took over the Chateau, the family has invested time and resources in qualitative measures to restructure and improve winemaking techniques and technology. Supported by consultant Michel Rolland since 1994, they have rediscovered the chateau’s admired classical style, characterized by rich tannins, finesse and unrivaled silky texture. The Léoville-Poyferré Grand vin is a wine that benefits immeasurably from ageing; it can be approached after 12 to 15 years, but it will age gracefully for 40 years, in some cases even longer.
With the epic 1982 vintage, Léoville-Poyferré recaptured the magic of the late 19th century, and its resurgence culminated with the 2009 vintage when it received the highly-coveted and rare 100-point score from Robert Parker.2018 Château Léoville Poyferré“62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, & 2% Petit Verdot harvested 20th September to 12th October from terraces of Mindel gravel with sandy-clay subsoil.” 15,000 cases produced.
If interested, go to https://top100.winespectator.com/lists/ , hit 2021 on the pulldown menu, & look for #7, or https://jebdunnuck.com/2021/12/top-100-wines-of-2021/ & look for #1! Also, you may wish to check https://www.winemag.com/buying-guide/chateau-leoville-poyferre-2018-saint-julien/ for their take on it. 😉
Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
VdB
The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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