2022 Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint-Julien FUTURES - Pre-Arrival
- "One of the Most Opulent and Flamboyant Wines"~100 Jeb Dunnuck
- "One of the Best for a Long Time" ~99 JS
- "Super-Exotic" ~96 VM
- "A New Paradigm for Bordeaux" ~95-95 Vintage WS
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Château Léoville Poyferré stands as one of the iconic estates of Bordeaux's Saint-Julien appellation, renowned for its rich history and exceptional terroir. Classified as a Second Growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, the estate has long been known for producing wines of extraordinary depth, complexity, and aging potential. The estate's vineyards are planted on gravelly soils, perfect for growing the classic Bordeaux varieties, with a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon, which thrives in this region and provides the structure and power that defines Léoville Poyferré wines.
The 2022 vintage of Château Léoville Poyferré is a standout, often described as one of the most opulent and flamboyant wines from the Médoc in 2022. The wine showcases an incredible intensity and depth, while still maintaining a graceful and elegant profile. Its dense, purple hue immediately grabs attention, leading into an exquisite bouquet of crème de cassis, graphite, dark chocolate, scorched earth, and floral notes. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, offering a seamless mouthfeel with extravagant layers of fruit, beautifully integrated oak, and silky tannins.
A key change in the 2022 vintage is the earlier picking of the Merlot, which has led to more red fruit tones than in previous years, when the wine was darker and more intense. This shift, alongside the wine’s exotic and sensual profile, highlights an evolution in the estate’s style. The wine balances blackberries, ink, lead pencil, and blood orange, with the tannins offering a refined structure that will support aging for decades. The purity of the fruit in this vintage is particularly remarkable.
Aging: 80% new oak for 18-20 months
Tasting Notes
58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot. Expect a bold yet graceful expression of Saint-Julien, with opulence and refinement in equal measure. The 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot blend offers a rich array of crème de cassis, graphite, dark chocolate, and scorched earth, all lifted by subtle floral notes. The palate is full-bodied yet seamless, with lavish fruit framed by finely integrated tannins and oak. A wine of incredible depth and sophistication, poised for a long future of elegance and evolution.
Critical Reviews
Reminding me of the 2018 (as well as the 2009), if not slightly more concentrated, the 2022 Château Léoville Poyferré is one of the most opulent and flamboyant wines out of the Médoc in 2022, and it has incredible intensity while staying light on its feet and graceful. Its dense, glass-staining purple hue is followed by a sensational perfume of crème de cassis, graphite, darker chocolate, scorched earth, and flowers. Full-bodied on the palate, it brings extravagant levels of fruit as well as a seamless mouthfeel, beautifully integrated oak, tannins, and acidity, no hard edges, and a gorgeous finish. It shines even today, yet it has beautiful underlying structure and will evolve gracefully over the coming 30+ years. The 2022 is based on 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 4% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged 18-20 months in 80% new oak. ~100 Jeb Dunnuck
A mind-blowing Leoville Poyferre, probably one of the best for a long time. Huge depth and structure, showing a deep matrix of fruit full of fresh blackberries and a dash of ink and lead pencil. Such verticality on the full-bodied palate with beautiful balance and a clear finish that goes on and on for more than a minute. Great potential ahead. This was tasted at the UCGB tasting and was one of the best wines of the day. Drink after 2028. It should improve in the next 10 to 15 years. ~99 James Suckling
The 2022 Léoville-Poyferré is super-exotic. Dense and pliant, with striking mid-palate depth and exquisite balance, this is pure sensuality. Red cherry, apricot, blood orange, wildflowers and spices all meld together as the 2022 opens in the glass. Seamless, refined tannins extend the mid-palate and finish. The purity of the fruit is remarkable. I also find the new wood imprint—long a signature here—much less evident than in the past. Earlier picking in the Merlot today yields a wine with more red fruit tones than in the past, when Léoville-Poyferré was a darker wine. It will be interesting to see if these are long-term trends. Tasted three times. Stellar. ~96 Vinous Media
The 2022 Léoville Poyferré has turned out very nicely, offering up aromas of crème de cassis, cherries, violets and creamy new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate that's ripe but lively, with supple tannins and a long, vanillin-inflected finish. This year, the team began picking their Merlot comparatively early and didn't perform a saignée (tank bleed), given the natural concentration of the vintage, though it remains the most flamboyant and demonstrative of the three Léoville estates, seeing some 80% new oak with malolactic fermentation in barrique for the new barrels. It will be a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. ~94-96 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Solid, dark and winey, with a well-structured core that holds blackberry and plum reduction notes in a tightly knit mix of apple wood, licorice root and warm cast iron. The long and direct finish throws off hints of violet and ink. For the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2027 through 2042. ~95 Wine Spectator
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