2009 Leoville Poyferre (750ml) (FUTURE ARRIVAL)

WINE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN 2011-13

Vintage: 2009
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Leoville Poyferre
Vineyard:
Designation:
Appellation: St.Julien
Producer: Leoville Poyferre
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Medoc

Tasting note: One of the stars of the vintage, it will be interesting to see if Poyferre ultimately eclipses Las Cases as the finest of the three Leovilles. The 2009 is even better than the 2000, 2003, and 2005. Its inky/purple color precedes a wine filled with extraordinary opulence, voluptuous texture, and sweet tannin. It offers both intellectual and hedonistic pleasure with layer upon layer of ripe fruit. Yields were 43 hectoliters per hectare, the blend is more than two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, and the natural alcohol is the highest ever measured at this estate, 13.95%. The high alcohol is not the least bit noticeable because of the extraordinary concentration and freshness possessed by most 2009s - a vintage characteristic that will serve these wines for decades to come. This is a wine to purchase by the case-load. It should drink well for 30-45 years. (Tasted three times.) (97-100*pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Apr. 2010
Score: 97-100+pts.
Drink: 2015-2050

Tasting note: Black color, nose is intense, delicate, very fruity, ripe. Subtle notes of raspberry liqueur. It is pure and very distinguished. Very nice entry into the mouth, the wine develops fat and especially aromatic with energy, taste, a very lovely feel and a superb mid-mouth. Slow, flavorful tannic development. The wine finishes strong and long on tannins that are both creamy and radiant with fruit. It's very, very good. This exceeds the 2003 vintage and is in competition with the 2005, to which I attributed the same mark as a primeur wine. I tasted it three times with the same level of rating, a very rare occurrence this year. (95pts. Jean-Marc Quarin)

Tasted: Mar. 2010
Score: 95pts.
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: Wonderful aromas of currant and blackberry, with black olives. Full-bodied, with a mouth-coating palate of supersoft tannins that go on and on. Solid and polished. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. (93-96pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: 2010
Score: 93-96pts.
Drink: N/A