Chateau Léoville Poyferré Saint Julien 2023 En Primeur 6 Btl. Case

Country: France Region: Bordeaux Medoc 

Varietal:  62% Cabernet Sauvignon 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.

Vintage: 2023 Colour: Red Style: Dry

Producer: Chateau Léoville Poyferré

ABV: 13.5% 

Description:

The 2023 Léoville-Poyferré is positively stellar. Medium in body, vibrant and beautifully persistent, the 2023 is all class. It also signals a shift away from the richer (but equally successful) style favored here in the recent past, now moving toward an approach that favors more vibrancy.
The vineyard team faced the challenges of the 2023 growing season head-on, producing very healthy yields at 52.78 hl/ha. Cellar master Didier Thomann hasn’t seen the vat room so full since its renovation in 2010. This is more subtle than in 2022, with lower tannin levels and alcohol sitting around 13%. However, it retains its complexity, power and finesse with a core of cassis, graphite and sweet spice. St Julien is one of the most consistent appellations in this vintage, and Poyferré is in the leading pack. 

Tasting Notes:

"This is already very pretty and polished with plenty of currant and plum character. Medium- to full-bodied with creamy, round tannins and a juicy finish. Caressing. Very refined"
95 - 96 Points
James Suckling

" Brilliant Poyferré, deep ruby colour, setting the scene for ink, campfire, espresso, mint, cassis and damson. Concentrated but with a delicious balance, this feels effortless and is truly a wine for Bordeaux lovers to seek out. Harvest September 14 to October 5. 80% new oak, 52hl/h yields, biggest since 2004, with more 1st wine than usual because the old Cabernet Sauvignon plots gave quality and quantity (after three low quantity years). Alix Combes new vineyard manager, replacing long time manager Bruno Clenet."
98 Points
Jane Anson

"As to the Grand Vin 2023 Château Léoville Poyferré, it's similarly purple-hued and has a perfumed, upfront profile in its red and black fruits as well as notes of graphite, spicy wood, and spring flowers. It's quintessential Saint-Julien on the palate with its supple, elegant profile, and it’s medium to full-bodied, with a deep, layered mid-palate, gorgeous tannins, and a great finish. It's a stunning 2023 with depth, richness, and length"
95-97 Points
Jeb Dunnuck  

"Bramble fruit tones on the nose with some floral elements of peony, violet and rose. Smells rich and ripe and quite opulent. Smooth and agile, a lovely energy straight away with bright, almost high-toned fruit, the acidity giving the lift and sense of freshness. Lean and straight but so juicy so you get the relatively tight structure but with mouthwatering acidity and a touch of sweetness adding bounce and pep to the expression. It’s still quite compact in terms of real expansion but there’s a long length. Really suave, almost subtle and dialled back which is great and the juiciness is totally moreish. I love it. Easy, generous, appealing"
96 Points 
Decanter

"The 2023 Léoville-Poyferré was picked from September 14 until October 5 at 52.78hL/ha and aged in slightly less new oak than usual, simply because of the large volume. In fact, some of the lots commenced their malolactic fermentation in vat rather than barrel. This has an intense bouquet with black cherries and iodine, becoming more floral with aeration. The palate opens with a medium body and pliant tannins, fleshy and ripe, dovetailing into a dense and multi-tiered mid-palate. Typical Poyferré in style, blood orange and light graphite notes are embroidered into the ripe black fruit, and there is noticeable glycerol on the finish. It is perhaps the most opulent of the three Léovilles, and yet it arrives with a modest 13.1% alcohol. This is a contender for the best Saint-Julien in show."
95-97 Points
Neal Martin
Vinous

Terms: Delivery Spring 2026. Excludes VAT & Duty, Payable upon delivery.