2022 Chateau Leoville-Poyferre - 2eme Cru Classe St. Julien

Decanter.com – 96 pts – GH: *Another excellent showcasse for this estate run by Sara Lecompte Cuvelier. Supple, lively, fresh and round, a nice controlled core of red and black fruit - blackcurrants, cherries and violets with juicy acidity and lean tannins that are fine and well integrated. This feels powerful and concentrated no doubt but the strength comes underneath the fruit and acidity, like a creeping tiger waiting to pounce. Lovely frame and execution, feels on the more opulent and potent side but the acidity and tannin definition is brilliant and this has a really drinkable and moreish quality. 4% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.87pH. 9% press wine. A yield of 33.4hl/ha. 75% grand vin production. Julien Viaud consultant. Tasted three times and was impressed each time. Ageing 18-20 months in French oak barrels, 80% new, 20% second fill.* - 04/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 97 pts – PM: *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.* - 01/2023

Vinum Magazin – 18/20 pts: *Zurückhaltende Aromatik von Eiche und schwarzen Beeren, vergnügliche blumige Noten auch, Veilchen; wuchtiger Auftakt, kräftige Entwicklung über erstklassigem Tannin, verhaltenes Feuer im Ausklang; verbindet Jahrgangsstil mit Gutstypizität.* - 04/2022

WeinWisser – 19/20pts – GL, TW: *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. Lese: 08. - 28. September.* – 04/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 17,5+/20pts – JL: *58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot. Cask sample. Elegant and complex, fresh and alluring, the texture seductive and suave. Cassis and cedar notes with a hint of mint. Powerful but creamy tannins. Plenty of drive with length and grip on the finish. Clearly has potential.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – AG: *The 2022 Léoville-Poyferré is unctuous, deep and super-expressive, but not at all over-done. There's tremendous energy driving through a core of red/purplish fruit. Deceptively medium in body, the 2022 is a potent, statuesque Léoville-Poyferré that will offer many years of exceptional drinking.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (95-97) pts – NM: * The 2022 Léoville Poyferré was picked 8 to 28 September at 33.4hL/ha and matured in 80% new oak. It has a high IPT of 93 and 14.4% alcohol (half a degree less than the 2018). It is quintessentially LP on the nose, with those extravagant and sensual black and blueberry fruit, intermingling with crushed violet and iris. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, very harmonious and focused, perhaps more linear than expected with a velvety-smooth finish. This is a very classy, sophisticated Saint-Julien that may well rest at the top of my banded score once in bottle.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (97-99) pts – JL: *Deeply colored, the floral display in the nose gets even better as you encounter black cherries, currants, licorice, tobacco leaf, cassis, and an array of spices. The palate provides layers of silky, fresh, pure, deep red berries. The wine is dense, concentrated, sweet, ripe, fresh, and polished. There is a wonderful sense of purity in the fruit. Effortless to taste, and even even easier to drink, the wine exudes sensuality, and complexity from start to finish. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. 14.4% ABV, 3.87 pH. The harvest took place September 8 - September 28. Yields were 33 hectoliters per hectare. 75% of the harvest went into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2026-2055.* - 05/2023