Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Leoville-Poyferre has a tightly wound bouquet at first, although it unfurls to reveal attractive cedar and undergrowth-tinged black fruit, dried blood and cured meat aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a grainy texture, a fine thread of acidity and a grippy, almost Pauillac-like, graphite finish that lends body and focus. This showing at ten years suggests that, after differing performances in its youth, this Saint Julien has settled into a groove; in fact, I envisage it maturing with style over the next 15-20 years. Tasted February 2017.

– The Wine Advocate#231, June 2017

Grapy, richly fruity, medium-bodied flavors of cocoa, white chocolate, spicy herbs, and black currants jump from the glass of this deliciously evolved, complex wine. It is a soft, easy-going St.-Julien to consume over the next 8-10 years.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #188, Apr 2010)

Quality 808 | Brand 971 | Economics 924 |

buzz brand
Quality: Above the average quality score of its peer group for the 2007 vintage, 725 Brand: We found this wine on 22 of the world's top restaurant wine lists, including Napa Wine Bar & Kitchen Economics: Above its peer group average price of £35 for the 2007 vintage Production: Higher production than its peer group average of 186,000 bottles

- www.wine-lister.com June 2017