Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2022

Bewertungen

• 100/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  Reminding me of the 2018 (as well as the 2009), if not slightly more concentrated, the 2022 Château Léoville Poyferré is one of the most opulent and flamboyant wines out of the Médoc in 2022, and it has incredible intensity while staying light on its feet and graceful. Its dense, glass-staining purple hue is followed by a sensational perfume of crème de cassis, graphite, darker chocolate, scorched earth, and flowers. Full-bodied on the palate, it brings extravagant levels of fruit as well as a seamless mouthfeel, beautifully integrated oak, tannins, and acidity, no hard edges, and a gorgeous finish. It shines even today, yet it has beautiful underlying structure and will evolve gracefully over the coming 30+ years. The 2022 is based on 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 4% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged 18-20 months in 80% new oak."

• 99/100

  James Suckling
  A mind-blowing Leoville Poyferre, probably one of the best for a long time. Huge depth and structure, showing a deep matrix of fruit full of fresh blackberries and a dash of ink and lead pencil. Such verticality on the full-bodied palate with beautiful balance and a clear finish that goes on and on for more than a minute. Great potential ahead. This was tasted at the UCGB tasting and was one of the best wines of the day. Drink after 2028. It should improve in the next 10 to 15 years."

• 98/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  The explosive nose with its show display of flowers, espresso, licorice, black cherries, spice, and tobacco grabs your attention. But, the palate is where the seals the deal with its non-stop display of luscious, silky-textured, black with red fruits that coat your taste-receptors with pure, deep, black with red berries. The sensuous endnotes hit all the right notes from start to finish. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055."

• 98/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The 2022 Léoville-Poyferré is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc, and the élevage was 18 to 20 months in 80% new oak. A smoky, brooding nose here, with dense layers of damson, currant and blackberry fruit, perfumed with rose petal, white peach, orange and mint, very defined and pure, and clearly elevated several steps above the rest of the Cuvelier range (which includes Moulin Riche and Le Crock as well as the Poyferré second wine). The palate shows a rather accessible charm compared to the wine from Léoville-Barton, perhaps the effect of the Merlot showing though, being dark, dense and brooding yet texturally accessible, with layers of olive, blackberry, tar and black pepper set over a very tightly knit and finely pointed core of tannin. This is just delightful, with fabulous ripeness and substance, with wonderfully dark fruit, and an integrated structure which demands a decade or two of cellar time. A superb wine with a long, lingering core of tannin;a wine which buyers may well end up leaving to their children. Or grandchildren. Remarkable. Tasted five times. The alcohol on the label is 14%."

• 98/100

  Jane Anson
  Intense, powerful, delicious, creamy raspberry and black cherry fruits, textured and confident in its tannic grip, with a freshness that runs from opening to close of play. Underlines just how well St Julien delivered in 2022. Sara Lecompte-Cuvelier director and co-owner."

• 97/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive dunkle Waldbeernuancen, Brombeeren, Cassis, Edelholz und Tabak, einladendes Bukett. Kraftvoll, komplex, dunkle Frucht, feste, tragende Tannine, schokoladig im Abgang, mineralisch und sehr lange anhaftend, großes Potenzial, sehr balanciert."

• 19/20

  Weinwisser
  58 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 34 % Merlot, 4 % Cabernet Franc, 4 % Petit Verdot, pH 3.87, 33.4 hl/ha, 14.4 Vol.-%. Dicht verwobenes Bouquet, betörendes Veilchenparfüm, Wildkirsche und Graphit, dahinter Waldbeerencocktail, getrocknete Fliederblüten und Heidelbeergelee. Am geradlinigen, kraftvollen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, balancierter Rasse, engmaschigem Tanninkorsett, tiefgründig und dicht, feinkörniges Extrakt und durchtrainierter Körper. Im konzentrierten, langanhaltenden Finale explodiert der St. Julien mit Brombeeren, tiefschürfender Terroirwürze und mehliger Adstringenz. Das Kraftpaket hat mit diesem Jahrgang erneut seine Extraklasse bewiesen."

• 96/100

  Decanter
  Highly concentrated and deep on the palate, this extends vertically from the beginning with layers of fleshy blackcurrant, super juicy cherries and salty stones. I love the feeling in the mouth, it's still got some sticky liquorice spice that edges the tannins, but this feels confident and showy. I like the force - it's taking the power of the vintage but edging the glamorous side with elegance and precision. Chewy and totally moreish. Great work. 4% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.77pH."

• 95/100

  Wine Spectator
  Solid, dark and winey, with a well-structured core that holds blackberry and plum reduction notes in a tightly knit mix of apple wood, licorice root and warm cast iron. The long and direct finish throws off hints of violet and ink. For the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2027 through 2042."

• 94-96/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2022 Léoville Poyferré has turned out very nicely, offering up aromas of crème de cassis, cherries, violets and creamy new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate that's ripe but lively, with supple tannins and a long, vanillin-inflected finish. This year, the team began picking their Merlot comparatively early and didn't perform a saignée (tank bleed), given the natural concentration of the vintage, though it remains the most flamboyant and demonstrative of the three Léoville estates, seeing some 80% new oak with malolactic fermentation in barrique for the new barrels. It will be a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot."

• 17,5+/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Even darker than the Pavillon de Léoville Poyferré and with even greater intensity of pure cassis fruit. Even though there is a lot more new oak, the fruit shines through. Here there's another dimension that is dark and almost stony/savoury. A big step up from the Pavillon in both power and richness but also in refinement, particularly in the text. Dense, chalky and almost-caressing tannins that need time to become finer and fresher as the spicy oak recedes. Needs time but very promising."