Château Léoville-Poyferré 2015 [magnum]

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2015 Leoville Poyferre is deep garnet-purple colored with a nose of grilled meats, baked plums, crème de cassis and baker's chocolate with nuances of dusty soil and iron ore plus a hint of bay leaves. Medium to full-bodied, very firm and muscular in the mouth, it is built like a brick house with a mineral-tinged finish.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Showing just a hint of lightening in the color, the wine is showy from the get-go with its nuances of black and red currants, spice, flowers, creme de cassis, thyme, smoke, and licorice in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is opulent, long, polished, lush, and elegant. The fruit glides across your palate, serving up waves of sweet, deep, red berries. The finish lingers, builds, and expands. Give this a few more years and you will find even more opulence and sensuality. Drink from 2027-2057.

VertdeVin

The nose is aromatic and offers power, a nice finesse of the grain, a certain depth as well as a stretched and discreetly tight side. It reveals notes of boysenberry, cassis and more lightly small wild red fruits associated with hints of pepper, a subtle hint of dried tobacco, spices and a discreet hint of cinnamon. The palate is fruity, balanced, racy and offers juiciness, suavity, a tangy frame, a discreet tight side, tension as well as a finely marked and tight tannic frame. This wine expresses notes of juicy / pulpy blackberry, raspberry and small notes of cherry associated with a touch of cornflower as well as fine hints of crushed strawberry and a subtle hint of toasted hazelnut. Tannins are precise and finely tight. Presence of a subtle hint of chocolate and an imperceptible hint of truffle in the background.

Bettane et Desseauve

La Revue du Vin de France

James Suckling

A rich and intense red with blackberries, tar and spices. Black tea and blueberries. Full-bodied, very layered and multi-dimensional. Very long and flavorful. Such great texture. A dynamic and superb red. Drink in 2023.