Château Léoville-Poyferré 2014

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2014 Leoville-Poyferre was surprisingly backward and tight on the nose (usually it is the most expressive and generous Léoville in its youth). The precision and focus is intact, but it is broody and sultry at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with firm structure, which suggests that it has turned volte face since its opulent showing in barrel. Overall, this comes across as perhaps a slightly more austere and masculine wine from Didier Cuvelier, though that is not a criticism, just an observation. I would like to see a little more persistence on the finish, but the tidings bode well for this mercurial and fascinating Léoville-Poyferre. I can see it improving with bottle age, hence the plus sign against my score.

James Suckling

A ripe, generous and substantial wine for this appellation with some real concentration. Plenty of beautiful currant and blackberry character, as well as a solid core of ripe, dusty and velvety tannins and enough acidity to carry the long, savory finish. Slight lean now. Better in 2024.

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Jean-Marc Quarin

VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, gourmand, elegant and relatively rich (precisely well-balanced). It reveals notes of crushed blackberry and crushed strawberry combined with slight hints of gray pepper, wood, a discreet hint of violet / flowers as well as slight hints of sour cherry and licorice. The mouth is fruity, mineral, silky, racy, precise, relatively aerial, beautifully balanced, a bit fleshy and offers a nice mineral frame, a fine acidity, a nice definition, a nice grain as well as a good definition. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of crushed wild strawberry and fine notes of blackberry, cassis combined with discreet hints of raspberry, a hint of licorice, grilled oak and slight hints of Cuben peppers and a slight hint of Lapson Souchong tea. Tannins are very fine and currently too young. Good length. There are notes of chocolate on the finish / persistence. Nice potential! (Wait 5 years)

Wine Enthusiast

The wine is concentrated with tannins that come from both the firm fruit and the wood aging. It is packed with blackberry flavors that come through the structure strongly. The velvet texture (that is just a hint at the moment) is going to bring out the richness of this wine produced with consultation from Michel Rolland.