Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2000

The Leoville Poyferre 2000 is a lovely and very accessible Bordeaux. In the bouquet fine ripe fruit with notes of black cherries, cassis and hints of cedar and pencil lead. On the palate opulent and quite rich with soft tannins, good balance and length. It’s quite full-bodied but lacking a little of the midpalate focus and concentration found in the 2005 – it’s a bit more openly knit. A beautiful wine … a pleasure in the best sense of the word. Very drinkable now but should keep for another decade or two. Would however give it a few years more in the cellar to develop even more complexity.

(Drink from 2016) Very Fine 93p

Tasted 03/09/2012

Tasting Notes for this producer

• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 1996 September 26, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 1989 September 23, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 1999 September 22, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2005 September 20, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2000 September 11, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2003 September 10, 2012
• Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2008 April 15, 2012

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