Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2eme Cru Classe Saint-Julien 1X75cl

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• Type: Red
Country of Origin: France
Brand: Chateau Leoville Poyferre
Vintage: 2000
Region: Bordeaux
Tasting Notes 1: Neal Martin-92-The 2000 Leoville Poyferre has a lovely bouquet of brambly red berry fruit, orange peel, sandalwood, ash and a touch of peppermint. Maybe there is just a tiny smidgen of brettanomyces. The palate is medium-bodied and approaching full maturity, with grainy tannins, meat juices, sage, thyme and light white peppery notes surfacing with aeration. There is a straightforwardness to this Saint-Julien that I like, and it has the substance and balance to give another 20 years of drinking pleasure.
Tasting Notes 2: Stephen Tanzer-90-Good full medium ruby. Subdued, slightly roasted nose combines cassis, cherry and chocolate mint. Chocolatey-sweet but less deep and expressive than the '02 and '01. Offers good currant and cherry flavors but seems a bit dry-edged and medicinal for a 2000, without quite the harmony of components of the subsequent vintages here.
Tasting Notes 3: Robert M. Parker, Jr.-97-The plushest, most ostentatious and dramatic of all the Leovilles in 2000, this wine is already sumptuous, displaying some nuances in its huge nose of vanilla bean, black chocolate, jammy black cherries, cassis, and graphite in a flamboyant style. Opulent, savory, rich, and full-bodied, it is a head-turning, prodigious wine and a complete contrast to the extracted behemoth of Leoville Barton and the backward, classic Leoville Las Cases. The Poyferre's low acidity, sweet tannin and an already gorgeous mouthfeel make it a wine to drink now as well as over the next 25 or more years.
Tasting Notes 4: Intensely sweet and distinctive nose. Intense ripeness but still fresh black fruit. Wonderful balance of dense fruit, rich, aromatic mid palate. Already very complex but a lot more to come. Compact and now velvety but still some grip there. Seductive and exotic. (JH)