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Leoville Poyferre 2008

St Julien, Second Growth

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Tasting Notes

The 2008 Léoville-Poyferré has a well-defined, quite precise and energetic bouquet with blackberry, raspberry and pencil lead aromas. This is very focused and engaging. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, graphite and pencil box aromas, harmonious in the mouth with a long and refined finish. What a fabulous Saint Julien from Didier Cuvelier, one that satiates the senses (and then some).

Score: 94

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2018-2040 01 February 2018

A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Ripe saturated blackberry on the nose with touches of cedar and smoke all in Poyferre’s usual extrovert style. The palate has very good fruit concentration with pure blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry and cedar. Good sense of mineralité and tension on the finish. Great length. Much improvement over the 2007. Excellent.

Score: 91 - 93

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 April 2009

Dark crimson. Very nice balance and integration. Not big but beautifully sculpted and balanced. Pretty dry on the end. Just a bit crude. Harks back to the 2010 a bit.

Score: 16 - 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2024 12 May 2011

Dark crimson. Rather raw on the nose - some underripe fruit? Sweet start then a bit rhubarby - smashed fruit. Fades very fast.

Score: 16

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2013-2019 01 April 2009

One of the finest over-achieving efforts in this vintage as well as a 'best buy' for a top-flight St.-Julien, this 2008 is an irresistible success. It reveals an opaque ruby/purple color, lots of unctuosity and a boatload of sweet cassis and black cherry fruit intertwined with notions of licorice, smoke and oak. Full-bodied, remarkably concentrated and stunningly pure and textured, this sensational wine is already drinking well, and will be even better with 2-3 years of cellaring. It should last for 20-25 years. Bravo!

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2013-2028 03 May 2011

This powerful, dense, full-bodied 2008 is still backward and unevolved, but it possesses a dense purple color as well as sweet aromas of creme de cassis, vanillin, crushed rocks, and flowers. With high but ripe tannin and a long finish, this wine will benefit from 5-8 years of cellaring, and should keep for three decades thereafter.

Score: 92 - 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2014-2044 30 April 2009

There's beautiful purity of fruit in this young wine, with blackberry and raspberry on the nose and hints of toasty oak. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and silky tannins. Turns fresh and lively, with sweet fruit on the finish.

Score: 90 - 93

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 April 2009