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Producer: Château Léoville Poyferré
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Saint-Julien
Categorie: red wine
Bottle size: 75 cl.
Ripeness: 2035 - 2055
Taste: trocken
Winestyle: kräftig & würzig
Food recommendation: reife Hartkäse, Wildbraten, Lammgigot mit Kartoffelgratin, geschmorte Kalbshaxe, Rindsfilet mit gegrilltem Gemüse, Grilladen
Alcohol content: 14 %
The wine is dark red in the glass, in the core it is almost black. On the nose, it smells of blackcurrants, licorice, violets and cedar. The palate is soft, velvety and full-bodied. The tannins are elegant and the lively acidity ensures freshness. Leoville-Poyferré gives a lot of pleasure in his youth, but gains with increasing bottle maturity finesse and elegance.
The alredy on the vine selected grapes are harvested by hand and brought in small boxes in the basement. There they are processed immediately and then aged for 18 to 20 months in new barriques. The Assemblage consists of the four grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and small amounts of Petit Verdot.
The Château Léoville-Poyferré owes its beginnings to Jean de Moytié, a 17th-century nobleman who then acquired vineyards on a pebble-shaped hill. Even then, as a visionary, he understood that his terroirs produce exceptional wines. Thus, the Cru of Mont-Moytié was already a highly valued wine. His successor Alexander Gascq-Léoville took over the winery in 1740 with the aim to build a small wine empire: he bought more and more land, making the Château with over 120 hectares of vineyards to the largest winery of the Médoc grew.
When he died in 1776, his descendants inherited the gigantic vineyards and divided them into four different wineries. Fifty years later, Hugh Barton acquired two of these four estates and founded Château Léoville-Barton. In 1840, Château Léoville Las Cases and Chéteau Léoville-Poyferré were built from the remaining two wineries. The name Poyferré derives from the word "Point ferré" which in English means "iron point". It was the place on the road where the horses were studded with the horseshoes. In the classification of 1855, the estate was classified as 2eme Grand Cru Classé due to the high quality. But then difficult times arrived. Mildew and phylloxera led to loss of quality and high crop failure. The then owner was forced to sell the winery to the trading house Lalande. From 1888 to 1920 Edouard Lawton led the fortunes of Château Léoville-Poyferré until it went in 1920 to the Cuvelier family. The Cuvelier family operated at this time a large wine trading house, located in the north. The two brothers Paul Cuvelier (in Haubourdin) and Max Cuvelier (in Bordeaux) were in charge of the fortunes of the estate. Today, the son of Max, Didier, drives the further development of Château Léoville-Poyferré.
The vines stand on one of the most sought-after terroirs of the Saint-Julien appellation, which consists of gravel and sand. Especially the gravel soils are hard and force the vines to dig their roots deep into the soil to access their nutrients. At the same time, they have a good drainage, which is beneficial in years with heavy rainfall.
