Château Léoville Poyferré 2021

Profondeur et complexité sont affichées d’emblée, dès les premières senteurs ! L’élevage et St-julien aussi avec des nuances de graphite, de tabac blond et de sureau. Le vin surprend par son attaque aérienne, élancée. Elle laisse rapidement place à une puissance insoupçonnée, coordonnée par des tannins aux grains fins, suaves et compacts de surcroît, ainsi qu’une acidité vive et rafraîchissante. 2027-2046. Novembre 2023.

Beautifully fragranced on the nose - floral-edged ripe bramble fruits. Nicely detailed and presents, despite a clear youthful tannic structure this has layers of flavour with ripe and sweet fruit nuances balanced by a mineral grip, salty touches and cool fresh mint leaf notes. It's more of a contemplative wine, needing a few minutes and several tastes for the flavours to expand in the mouth, gaining in density yet keeping a lightness of touch and refinement. Such finesse going on here. The austerity is balanced with the ripe fruits so you're getting so many elements at play at once. This is complex and sensuous, you have the precise defined and well-worked fruit, so clear with poise, then the tannic strength though fine texture and a long, lifted finish. This has real class, and such estate signature with dark sweet liquorice touches at the end too. Really very captivating and a success. 5% Petit Verdot completes the blend. Julien Viaud consultant. Tasted twice. 3.84pH. Ageing 18 to 20 months in oak barrels, 80% new, 20% one year. Drinking window: 2026 - 2047. Georgina Hindle. April 2022.

Belle couleur sombre. Nez moyennement intense, au fruité mûr, pur et subtil. Minutieux en entrée de bouche, savoureux au milieu, le vin caresse le palais. Il s'achève parfumé et long, sur un fond légèrement boisé. Assemblage : 60 % cabernet sauvignon, 26 % merlot, 9 % cabernet franc, 5 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 13° – pH : 3,84. IPT : 78. Rendement : 24 hl/ha. Vendanges du 28 septembre au 12 octobre. A consommer de préférence entre 2030 et 2048. Avril 2022.

The 2021 Léoville Poyferré opens in the glass with notes of minty berries, dark berry compote, pencil shavings and toasty oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and dense palate that's quite muscular and extracted, built around a chassis of sweet, abundant tannins that assert themselves on the youthfully firm finish. This will require a bit of patience. Drinking window: 2025 - 2041. February 2024.