Château LÉOVILLE POYFERRÉ
2ème grand cru classé
- 2022
- Saint-Julien
With the help of Michel Rolland, Léoville-Poyferré has gained in depth since 1993, voluptuousness of texture and ability to age. It is now approaching the quality of its prestigious neighbours in which it is landlocked: Léoville-Las Cases and Pichon-Lalande. The competition between the three Léoville is intense but Léoville-Poyferré now prevails with an easier, more voluptuous approach, and a superior quality/price/pleasure ratio.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 Léoville-Poyferré is super-exotic. Dense and pliant, with striking mid-palate depth and exquisite balance, this is pure sensuality. Red cherry, apricot, blood orange wildflowers and spices all meld together as the 2022 opens in the glass. Seamless, refined tannins extend the mid-palate and finish. The purity of the fruit is remarkable. I also find the new wood imprint-long a signature here-much less evident than in the past. Earlier picking in the Merlot today yields a wine with more red fruit tones than in the past, when léoville-Poyferré was a darker wine. Stellar."
J-M Quarin (February 2025): 93/100 "Dark, intense purple colour. Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, pure, subtle and complex. Ultra-refined on the palate, with a melting, velvety body, the wine glides across the palate, juicy, fresh, noble, complex and nuanced. It's simply unstoppable. Dare to open it young."
- To keep or to drink :
- Wait 3 to 5 years
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With the help of Michel Rolland, Léoville-Poyferré has gained in depth since 1993, voluptuousness of texture and ability to age. It is now approaching the quality of its prestigious neighbours in which it is landlocked: Léoville-Las Cases and Pichon-Lalande. The competition between the three Léoville is intense but Léoville-Poyferré now prevails with an easier, more voluptuous approach, and a superior quality/price/pleasure ratio.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 Léoville-Poyferré is super-exotic. Dense and pliant, with striking mid-palate depth and exquisite balance, this is pure sensuality. Red cherry, apricot, blood orange wildflowers and spices all meld together as the 2022 opens in the glass. Seamless, refined tannins extend the mid-palate and finish. The purity of the fruit is remarkable. I also find the new wood imprint-long a signature here-much less evident than in the past. Earlier picking in the Merlot today yields a wine with more red fruit tones than in the past, when léoville-Poyferré was a darker wine. Stellar."
J-M Quarin (February 2025): 98/100 "Dark, intense purple colour. Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, pure, subtle and complex. Ultra-refined on the palate, with a melting, velvety body, the wine glides across the palate, juicy, fresh, noble, complex and nuanced. It's simply unstoppable. Dare to open it young."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
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With the help of Michel Rolland, Léoville-Poyferré has gained in depth since 1993, voluptuousness of texture and ability to age. It is now approaching the quality of its prestigious neighbours in which it is landlocked: Léoville-Las Cases and Pichon-Lalande. The competition between the three Léoville is intense but Léoville-Poyferré now prevails with an easier, more voluptuous approach, and a superior quality/price/pleasure ratio.
The 2021 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 94/100 “The wine is marked by a greater maturity of fruit than its neighbors [...]. [...] A stylistic choice that produces a wine designed for ageing, promising, but not very open today”.
J.M Quarin (February 2024): 95/100 “Minutious on entry, delicately fleshy in the middle, very tasty, the wine gains body while remaining juicy. It stretches out long and quite powerful, marking the tannin a little more than others, but always balanced.”
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 96/100 "The 2021 Léoville-Poyferré has developed into a fabulous wine. Surprisingly rich, the 2021 possesses notable depth. Kirsh, blood orange and wildflowers open first, lending a decidedly exotic, perfumed quality. On the palate, the 2021 is fleshy and expressive. There's a bit of new oak that needs to integrate. Otherwise, the 2021 is impeccably balanced."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
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With the help of Michel Rolland, Léoville-Poyferré has gained in depth since 1993, voluptuousness of texture and ability to age. It is now approaching the quality of its prestigious neighbours in which it is landlocked: Léoville-Las Cases and Pichon-Lalande. The competition between the three Léoville is intense but Léoville-Poyferré now prevails with an easier, more voluptuous approach, and a superior quality/price/pleasure ratio.
The 2015 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2018): 98/100 “Here is a very solid candidate in the race to the top of the 2015 vintage. Massive, dense, but also very subtle, it imposes its mouth of great breed and above all very noble tannins.”
Vinous (N. Martin - June 2021): 95/100 “Léoville-Poyferré 2015 has a fruitier, more assertive nose than the 2014, with sumptuous aromas of red berries, orange blossom and vanilla bean. The palate is medium-bodied with slender, soft, sensual tannins. It may not have the tension of the 2014, but there's so much volume and harmony on the finish that it's almost impossible to resist. Splendid.”
J-M Quarin (December 2019): 18.5/20 “rich and complex on the mid-palate, the wine melts on the palate and stretches out for a very long time on a long finish, with enveloping tannicity. Delicious.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2040
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With the help of Michel Rolland, Léoville-Poyferré has gained in depth since 1993, voluptuousness of texture and ability to age. It is now approaching the quality of its prestigious neighbours in which it is landlocked: Léoville-Las Cases and Pichon-Lalande. The competition between the three Léoville is intense but Léoville-Poyferré now prevails with an easier, more voluptuous approach, and a superior quality/price/pleasure ratio.
The 2014 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2024): 96/100 “Léoville Poyferré 2014 has a magnificent nose that stands out from its peers: more concentrated, more delineated and surprisingly deep, with a complexity that only reveals itself with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, but this Saint-Julien has real backbone and density, with impressive substance on the finish. One of the best wines on the Left Bank.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2035