Château Léoville Poyferré, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien
    Château Léoville Poyferré

    Château Léoville Poyferré, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2022

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    96-98/100
    The Wine Independent
    95-97/100
    Vinous
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    1. Top Pick

      2022

      6x75cl

      EP

      £507.00

    2. Top Pick

      2022

      6x75cl

      EP

      £507.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Leoville Poyferre's oenologist describes the 2022 as "powerful and velvety… an unprecedented vintage with imposing tannic structure accompanied by incredible smoothness". The product of the earliest harvest on record, starting on the 8th of Sept, this opens with a beautifully reserved bouquet. With aeration, suggestions of bright cherry blossom, Chambord and violets emerge. These aromas segue into a wonderful core of fruit, which is flecked with notes of vanilla and gentle spices. It is clearly a large-scale Poyferre, but there is so much control. it feels rippled and concentrated, yet there's almost a sensation of understatement. As one would expect from Leoville Poyferre, the tannic profile is serious and ripe, finishing with salts and dark chocolate notes. 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot.

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    Critic Reviews

    95-97/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Léoville Poyferré was picked 8 to 28 September at 33.4hL/ha and matured in 80% new oak. It has a high IPT of 93 and 14.4% alcohol (half a degree less than the 2018). It is quintessentially LP on the nose, with those extravagant and sensual black and blueberry fruit, intermingling with crushed violet and iris. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, very harmonious and focused, perhaps more linear than expected with a velvety-smooth finish. This is a very classy, sophisticated Saint-Julien that may well rest at the top of my banded score once in bottle.
    drinking window 2030 - 2070
    date of review 05/2023
    96-98/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2022 Leoville Poyferre is made from 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot, with a yield of 33.4 hl/ha. It bursts onto the scene with gregarious scents of blackcurrant preserves, wild blueberries, and rose oil, leading to wafts of candied violets, licorice, and crushed rocks with a hint of cinnamon stick. The medium to full-bodied palate is rich, plush, and impactful, delivering beautiful tension and very respectable, fine-grained tannins, finishing long and opulent. This is a show-stopper! pH 3.87, TPI 93.
    drinking window 2030 - 2065
    date of review 05/2023
    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Dense and succulent fruit and tannins, beautifully powerful, with fresh acidities, beautifully spicy with notes of black cherries, fresh figs, eucalyptus, rosemary, rose petals and cassis. Muscular tannins shot through with salted caramel sweetness, lifted by saffran and slate. Accomplished, impressive. Harvest September 8 to 28. 80% new oak from 16 different coopers.
    drinking window 2030 - 2050
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Julien
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    14%

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