Château Léoville Poyferré - St.-Julien 2003 (1.5L)
Price: $430.00
| Producer | Château Léoville Poyferré |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Sku | 10605 |
| Size | 1.5L |
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Pure cassis on the nose. Impressive. Full-bodied thick and powerful with loads of fruit and big velvety tannins. Goes on for minutes on the palate. Huge wine. Very very impressive. This is one of the big surprises of the vintage.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
Tasted at Bordeaux Index's "10-Year On" tasting in London. The Poyferre -03 offers an exuberant bouquet that is clearly more ostentatious and perhaps vigorous than the Barton - black cherries cassis a hint of Bovril and bay leaf. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe and grippy but succulent tannins. There are layers of black toasty fruit infused with white pepper cedar and graphite. The finish is nicely composed and is becoming more -classic- in style compared to previous encounters. This is promising - watch out for this in five years time. Tasted March 2013. Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Vinous: 92 Points
Medium ruby-red. Extravagant aromas of currant loam leather and graphite; like the 1990 in its roasted character. Then sweet and dense but with surprising aromatic lift in the mouth not to mention considerable power. Liqueur-like black fruit licorice and mineral flavors really stain the palate. Cuvelier maintained that this vintage was not acidified. The cabernet acidity he said was healthy and the grape skins gave up their acidity slowly during the vinification. A very impressive showing and built to last.
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