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Château Léoville Poyferré Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018
One of the gems in the vintage will be the 2018 Château Léoville Poyferré, which is a powerful, incredibly sexy wine 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. Robert Parker Wine Advocate
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The 2018 Léoville-Poyferré performs similarly to the bottle tasted a few weeks earlier in the UK for my in-bottle round-up, although here I sense more opulence on the nose, perhaps more florality. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins, broad and sensual, plummy with that beguiling symmetry on the finish. It needs several years in bottle but it will be well worth the wait. Tasted at the Léoville-Poyferré vertical at the château with Sara Lecompte Cuvelier. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
The 2018 Léoville-Poyferré performs similarly to the bottle tasted a few weeks earlier in the UK for my in-bottle round-up, although here I sense more opulence on the nose, perhaps more florality. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins, broad and sensual, plummy with that beguiling symmetry on the finish. It needs several years in bottle but it will be well worth the wait. Tasted at the Léoville-Poyferré vertical at the château with Sara Lecompte Cuvelier. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
9.5
Jean-Philip Journeault
2018
2018
9.2Jeff Archer Jr.
Great minerality, solid fruit. Drink now or im a few years.
Great minerality, solid fruit. Drink now or im a few years.
9.7
K Brooks
Anticipating a wonderful dinner Pat’s grilled fillet mignon and St Julien Leoville Poyfette
Anticipating a wonderful dinner Pat’s grilled fillet mignon and St Julien Leoville Poyfette
9.0
Andrew Crane
Decanted for 3 hrs, mellowed out those tannins
Decanted for 3 hrs, mellowed out those tannins
9.1
leon egozi
NY Wine Spectator Event- always awesome!
NY Wine Spectator Event- always awesome!
9.6
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