1990 Leoville-Poyferre Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JL 97 WA 97 JD 94 NM 94 WS 92 VN 90
JL 97

TheWineCellarInsider.com, December 2022

Supple, creamy, rich, and loaded with ripe currants, blackberries, tobacco leaf, forest leaf, and cherries. The full-bodied, elegant, soft finish seals the deal. Drink from 2023-2032.
WA 97

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2009

Absolutely spectacular the1990 Leoville Poyferre is much more evolved than either of its two Leoville neighbors. Its opaque plum/garnet color is accompanied by a gorgeous bouquet of smoke charcoal creme de cassis and...
JD 94

jebdunnuck.com, March 2024

A good, although not perfect bottle, the 1990 Château Léoville Poyferré is ruby-hued with just light bricking at the rim. It has a perfumed, complex style in its leafy herb, tobacco, truffly earth, and sappy flower and...
NM 94

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, May 2008

A deeper, more limpid colour compared to the 1989 with a very different nose – much more precocious with succulent black fruits, rose petals, iodine, macerated cherries and a touch of blood orange. Superb delineation and...
WS 92

Wine Spectator, March 1993

A chewy wine with impressively rich aromas and flavors of ripe plum tobacco cedar and earth aromas and flavors and attractive velvety tannins. Drink after 1998. 18500 cases made. –JS
VN 90

Vinous, September 2022

The 1990 Léoville-Poyferré is a wine that I have drunk on several occasions over the years. This ex-château example has a slightly rustic nose, maybe with a touch of VA, though the aromatics are stuffed with so much fruit...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region St Julien
Vintage 1990
Size 750ML

With origins dating back to 1638, Saint Julien's expansive Leoville estate was the largest vineyard in all the Medoc at the time of the French Revolution. After various successions and changes, the estate was eventually divided into the three Leoville properties we know today: Leoville-Las-Cases, Leoville-Barton, and Leoville-Poyferre, established in 1840. The outstanding quality of Leoville Poyferre wines gained early recognition when it was ranked second growth in the 1855 Classification.

The various divisions throughout the history of the estate have split the vineyards of Leoville-Poyferre into five large areas. They include all the main types of gravely, well-drained soils present in Saint Julien and a balanced environment for the vines. This diversity contributes to the wines magnitude and complexity.

Chateau Leoville-Poyferre was most recently acquired in 1920 by the Cuvelier family. Didier Cuvelier has presided over the destiny of this gem since 1979. Chateau Moulin-Riche (from a specific terroir) and Pavillon de Leoville-Poyferre (from younger plots of vines) are also produced at the estate.

Chateau Leoville-Poyferre is elegant, finely balanced and complex with intense color, velvety texture and excellent aging potential.