GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Chateau Leoville Poyferré, 2e Grand Cru Classé
Region: Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, Bordelais, France
Appellation: AOC Saint-Julien, 2e Grand Cru Classé
Type: Dry red wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2017
Date of Tasting: March 2023
Type of viticulture: Certified High Environmental Value (HVE) level 3 since 2017
Grapes used: 67% Cabernet Sauvignon + 31% Merlot + 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2017
Winemaking details: hand-harvested
Aging: 18-20 months in oak barrels (80% new oak barrels)
Sugar level: low (level of residual sugar not communicated)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Black cherry, cedar, black pepper, plum, vanilla
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = High
- Tannins = High (fine grained & little coarse)
- Alcohol = Medium (13.5%)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Black cherry, cedar, black pepper, plum, vanilla
- Other = tannins need to polish through additional bottle aging
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Outstanding
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 20-25 years
- Will gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 115 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = good
- Comparison with same price competition = good
- Suitability for Diabetics = level of residual sugar not communicated
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = beef with foie gras, snacked veal, roast chicken, a rack of lamb confit, Cantal cheese, Morbier with truffles (French cheese)
- Comments = This wine offers a pronounced intensity on the nose and a pronounced intensity on the palate. It has a beautiful balance balance acidity-aromas but the tannins need to soften through additional bottle aging. It shows a great range of aromas and a long finish. It is maybe slightly below than their 2016 vintage but there is no doubt that this is a great wine.
- Final Grade = A-
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
