Château Léoville Poyferré - St.-Julien 2010 (Pre-arrival) (1.5L)
Price: $438.00
Sale Price: $353.00
| Producer | Château Léoville Poyferré |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Sku | 7533 |
| Size | 1.5L |
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
Pure gold the 2010 Château Léoville Poyferré which was drunk beside a perfect 2009 Latour offers everything you could want from wine. Sporting a deep purple hue as well as an incredible array of crème de cassis graphite damp earth leafy tobacco and beautifully integrated oak it hits the palate with an incredible amount of fruit and opulence while always staying pure precise and as seamless as they come. It shows the density and power of the 2010 vintage but it?s remarkable in its balance purity and length. As with most 2010s today it's still youthful and certainly in its early drinking plateau and has another 40-50 years of prime drinking.
Wine Advocate: 98+ Points
"The wine out distances both Leoville Las Cases and Leoville Barton but all three of them are compelling efforts. Full-bodied dense purple in color with floral notes intermixed with blackberries cassis graphite and spring flowers this full-bodied legendary effort is long and opulent with wonderfully abundant yet sweet tannin a skyscraper-like mid-palate and a thrilling nearly one-minute finish. This spectacular effort from Poyferre that should drink well for 30+ years. "
Jane Anson: 98 Points
This has depth texture power the generosity of Poyferré with the slow steely progression of the vintage - a brilliant mix of the two. Cassis bilberry cigarbox curling woodsmoke bitter chocolate rosemary blue fruit coffee. There is clear acidity here but it is matched pace for pace by fleshy textured fruit and slate tugging slowed-down tannins. Harvest October 1 to 18. 80% new oak.
vWine Enthusiast: 98 Points
"A wine of architectural strength and classical proportions this has straight lines that mark the packed concentrated fruits which are sustained by its tannins. This is certainly the best wine that Léoville-Poyferré has produced sumptuous while so finely structured."
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2010 Léoville-Poyferré takes the 2009 and ups the ante with brilliantly defined intense black fruit. Perhaps it is just a little more "serious" compared to the previous vintage but is finely chiseled and displaying more mineralité. The palate has mellowed since I last tasted it developing more rondeur and a more caressing texture. Extremely pure in style this fans out wonderful fills the mouth and lingers for a minute. One of the highlights of Didier Cuvelier?s career this has a long future ahead. "LP" just does not get better than this. Tasted at the Léoville-Poyferré vertical at the château with Sara Lecompte Cuvelier. - By Neal Martin on June 2021 The 2010 Léoville-Poyferré has a very intense bouquet with blackberry briary cedar and light estuarine/seaweed aromas that are very well defined. Pure class. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins layers of pure black fruit laced with pencil lead and a pinch of white pepper. It fans out wonderfully towards the finish a Saint-Julien demonstrating wonderful density and precision. What an outstanding wine perhaps less flamboyant than other vintages one that will last decades. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal. - By Neal Martin on February 2020
James Suckling: 97 Points
Opulent aromas of blackberry black cherry and orange peel follow through to a full body with round creamy tannins and a flavorful finish. A big significant wine that is starting to open and come around. A long life ahead of it. Drink or hold.
