Description
Yves Beck 94-96 points www.yvesbeck.wine
Quelle belle intensité du bouquet au travers d’épices douces, de réglisse, de cardamome et de cassis. En bouche le vin affiche une certaine ampleur ainsi que des tannins suaves aux grains fins, bien intégrés et porteurs. Un vin dense, charmant, parfaitement équilibré et prêt à passer du temps en cave ! 2027-2051
Jean-Marc Quarin 94 www.quarin.com
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.
Neal Martin 92-94 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Léoville-Poyferré was picked from 28 September until 12 October at just 24hL/ha and matured in 80% new oak, the remainder second-fill. It has a high-toned, concentrated bouquet with iodine-infused black fruit, becoming floral in the glass with scents of crushed violet. The palate is medium-bodied with Poyferré’s trademark velvety smooth tannins. Fine depth, though clearly not as ostentatious as the previous three vintages, it is a more streamlined Poyferré, though that renders the wine well-balanced. There is just a dash of black pepper on the finish, though it just misses a little persistency on the aftertaste. But overall, a fine Saint-Julien that should give many years of drinking pleasure. 13.0% alcohol.
Antonio Galloni 93-95 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Léoville-Poyferré is classy and polished right out of the gate. All the classic Poyferré signatures come through, but in miniature. The 2021 impresses with its pliant fruit, silky tannins and fine balance. To be sure, the 2021 is a smaller-scaled wine than the norm here over the last few years, but that is the charm of this vintage. Inky dark fruit, pencil shavings, licorice and menthol build into the super-expressive finish. Tasted three times.
William Kelley 93-94+ points www.erobertparker.com
The 2021 Léoville Poyferré shows considerable promise, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet berries and plums mingled with spices, licorice and petals, framed by a deft touch of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, it’s a polished, charming wine with a pretty core of fruit, lively acids and ripe, powdery tannins, concluding with a penetrating finish. It’s a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
Georgina Hindle 95 points www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
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