2021 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE POYFERRÉ 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE POYFERRÉ

2022 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien

Grapes Cab Franc, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Julien
Classification 2ème Cru Classé

58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4& Petit Verdot. 80% new oak. 14.4% alc. 3.87 pH. 93 IPT. 33.4 hl/ha. Harvest dates – 8 – 28 September I asked Sara Lecompte Cuvelier to remind me of the mottos she and her team used to describe the past few vintages. 2018 was ‘Disgrace to Grace’, 2019 was ‘Solaire & Estival’, 2020 was ‘A Promise Kept’, and 2021 was ‘Victorious Vintage’. This year, Sara’s one-word motto is ‘Inoui’, which I must admit I needed to look up on my phone! The literal translation is ‘unheard of’, and she elaborated, saying they have never seen a vintage like this before. Well, I have never tasted a wine like ’22 Poyferré before because this is an absolute gem of a wine. This astonishing wine is a pinpoint accurate combination of power, fruit integrity, carefully controlled concentration, vital freshness and an immensely long finish. This is already a legendary Poyferré, and it is only half-made. I expect the rest of its élévage to bring even more composure and distinction. This wine completely blows me away as every element I look for in a great wine is here, and the assembly is precision personified. Rating: 19.5+ Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (May 2023)


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This is an impressively sanguine and ample wine. It reveals intense aromas of red and black fruit that wrap the tongue. Warm and persistent, it finishes on fresh, minty flavours. Rating: 97-98 La Revue du Vin de France (May 2023)

Picking here started September 8th, and was all finished by the 28th. It is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. There is a beautiful perfume on the nose, with a dark and precisely defined fruit profile, black plum and scented cherry, with inky veins of cocoa bean, tobacco and soot. as well as perfumed notes of verbena, lavender and peach. The palate shows superb harmony, initially caressing the palate with glossy black and perfumed fruits, intertwined with the same floral notes seen on the nose, and it retains control of the palate through the middle, keeping the subframe of finely grained tannins hidden from view, even though you can sense them, draped with dark chocolate and smouldering tobacco, through the curtain of fruit. This is stunningly good, with dark, savoury, tobacco-infused fruits running through to the finish. An excellent result, with a long simmering grip of ripe tannins. Top. The alcohol is 14.4%. Tasted twice. Rating: 96-98 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (May 2023)

58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot. Cask sample. Elegant and complex, fresh and alluring, the texture seductive and suave. Cassis and cedar notes with a hint of mint. Powerful but creamy tannins. Plenty of drive with length and grip on the finish. Clearly has potential. (JL) 14.4% Drinking range: 2032 - 2050 Rating: 17.5+ James Lawther MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (May 2023)

Château Léoville Poyferré

St Julien Deuxième cru 1855 When Baron Jean-Marie de Poyferré de Cères married the grand-daughter of the Marquis de Las-Cases-Beauvoir, he inherited a portion of the grand old Leoville estate. The Poyferré family owned the estate for long enough to see the granting of Second Growth status in common with the other Leovilles but, in time, oidium and financial difficulties led them to sell Leoville Poyferré. Eventually, it came in to the ownership of the Cuvelier family who own Poyferré to this day. For most of the 20th Century, compared to its namesake neighbours, Leoville Poyferré's fortunes waned as the quality of the wines fell back. Since 1980, however, considerable improvements have been made to the chais and the vineyards. The previously high proportion of Merlot has reduced, whilst the amount of Cabernet Sauvignon has risen to about 65% (Merlot is now a more Médoc-like 25%). Today, Leoville Poyferré can be seen on an equal footing with, at least, Leoville Barton. Grapes are fermented in stainless-steel, and then spend 18 to 20 months in oak (75% new). In the early years on the 20th Century, the cru bourgeois property of Château Moulin Riche was absorbed into Leoville Poyferré. The name was briefly resurrected as the name of Poyferré's second wine, although it is now produced as a wine in its own right from the vineyards of the old château. A second wine of both properties is Pavillon de Poyferré.

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