Château Léoville Poyferré - St.-Julien 2018 (750ml)
Price: $159.00
#7 of Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2021
| Producer | Château Léoville Poyferré |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1005644 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 97 Points
Dark cherry plum spice and cacao with earthy notes and wood undertones. Cloves too. Full-bodied yet in control and poised. Balanced complex and flavorful. Firm tannins and a long precise finish. It goes on and on. Structured is the word. Try after 2025.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot 3% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc aged in 80% new oak barriques the 2018 Léoville Poyferré comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant scents of Morello cherries plum preserves and blackberry pie giving way to nuances of cedar chest unsmoked cigars vanilla pod and sassafras plus a waft of crushed rocks. The palate is full-bodied rich and decadent delivering hedonic black fruits and lots of spicy accents with a velvety texture and seamless freshness finishing long and satisfyingly savory. This is a very impressive showing that is delicious out of the gate but has the backbone to give a good 30 years or more of pleasure.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
Waves of warmed cassis mocha and warm tar aromas lead the way while the core of macerated plum blackberry and blueberry fruit waits its turn showing admirable breadth and depth when it arrives with roasted apple wood bramble and cast iron buried deeply through the finish. This is a powerfully rendered wine with a cashmere scarf as accent. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2040. 15000 cases made.
Wine Enthusiast: 97 Points
Richly dense and impressively concentrated this is a powerful wine. Swathes of black fruits show off the Cabernet structure and dark ageworthy character of this wine. Drink the wine from 2027.
Jeb Dunnuck: 96-99 Points
One of the gems in the vintage will be the 2018 Château Léoville Poyferré which is a powerful incredibly sexy wine based on 64% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot representing just 45% of the total production. In the same ballpark as the 2000 2005 2009 and 2010 its deep purple color is followed by a rich opulent bouquet of sweet black and blue fruits tobacco and graphite. Both intellectually and hedonistically satisfying it fills the mouth with fruit has remarkable purity and precision for such a powerful wine sweet tannins and a finish that goes on for nearly a minute. It's similar in character to the 2009 and will keep for three decades or more. This wine checks in at 14.4% alcohol with a pH of 3.7 and a massive (one of the highest in the vintage) IPT value of 90. Tasted twice.
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2018 Léoville Poyferré has a glorious bouquet of layers of black cherry blueberry violet and potpourri that is opulent yet (paradoxically) effortlessly controlled. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. Some of the puppy fat that enveloped this wine from barrel has gone revealing more backbone and an impressive sense of cohesion and symmetry on the finish. This is an outstanding Lé
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