Product Highlights
The Léoville Poyferré is a blend of 65% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot, 6% petit verdot and 3% cabernet franc. The wine displays a wonderful floral complexity with notes of lilac, violet and lavender balanced beautifully by a lovely concentration of cassis and blackberry fruits. On the palate the wine is juicy and silky with a fabulous interplay of ripeness, texture and freshness. There's enough depth and structure to improve over the next 20 years with proper cellaring.
— Winemaker's notes
— Winemaker's notes
Expert Reviews
Dark plum and blackberry fruit is a touch sedate, but has depth and avoids the vintage's grainy feel as it integrates with the solid toast and tobacco notes on the finish, which shows a subtle tug of iron at the very end. Nicely done for the vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2034. 9,279 cases made.
— 91 PointsWine Spectator, August 31, 2024
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.
— 92 PointsWine Advocate, February 8, 2024
Excellent depth and complexity with a nice modern touch of cocoa powder to the black olives, pencil shavings, cassis, violets, black mushrooms and dark earth. Full-bodied palate with fresh, vertical tannins and lots of juicy fruit that seamlessly dissolve into the flavorful, persistent finish. Refined power with real length. Drink or hold.
— 96 Points James Suckling, December 4, 2023
