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2001 Ch. Léoville-Poyferré, St Julien

Ch. Leoville-Poyferre, St Julien
This has a ripe, creamy bouquet with a lot of well-subsumed new oak matched by clean, plum- and blackberry-scented fruit interlaced with cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, and there's good structure, with notes of blackberry and cedar.
Christmas Cheer, Country Life, 23 November 2011

Ch Leoville Poyferré, a 2nd Classified Growth property, has been in the Cuvelier family since 1921 and under the recent stewardship of Didier Cuvelier it has scaled new heights, often rivalling the very best in its category and emerging from the shadow of its two illustrious Leoville neighbours, Barton and Las Cases.

The style is pure St Julien, all elegance and breed, with a notable silky texture in recent vintages. The grapes are fermented in 35 separate stainless steel tanks after which the wine is put into barrel where it undergoes malolactic fermentation. It then spends around 18 months in wood, 75% new, before bottling. 2001 is inevitably overshadowed somewhat by the greatness of 2000, but deserves recognition as a fine, classically-styled vintage in its own right.
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
(Alun Griffiths MW - BBR Wine Director)Château Léoville Poyferré

Jancis The Wine Advocate Wine Gang
17.5/20 93/100 91/100
Ch. Leoville-Poyferre, St Julien
Still quite youthful crimson. Attractively scented. Lively and both juicy at first and then dry on the finish. Not forced. Very user friendly. This Ch Léoville Poyferré 2001 is just a bit juicier than the Barton.
(Jancis Robinson - Bordeaux 2001s 10 years on - janicsrobinson.com - 30 Mar 2011)

Jancis The Wine Advocate Wine Gang
17.5/20 93/100 91/100
Ch. Leoville-Poyferre, St Julien
Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index’s 10-Year On horizontal. This has a lovely ripe, creamy bouquet with a lot of well subsumed new oak matched by clean, plum and blackberry scented fruit interlaced with cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, good structure here with notes of blackberry, cedar, a slight ferrous note and truffle towards the classic, foursquare finish. Very conservative but certainly very well made.
(Neal Martin- The Wine Advocate- March 2011) 

Jancis The Wine Advocate Wine Gang
17.5/20 93/100 91/100
Ch. Leoville-Poyferre, St Julien
While the 2003 vintage in the same tasting felt a little baked, this had lashings more smokiness, in a developed fashion rather than a hot-vintage one. Still showing enough youth in tannin but also at an eminently drinkable stage, with lovely soft waves of cassis,  violets and then a richer gamey note towards the end.
The Wine Gang, October 2012

Jancis The Wine Advocate Wine Gang
17.5/20 93/100 91/100
Ch. Leoville-Poyferre, St Julien
Product: 910
Maturity: Drink 2009-2024 (Ready, but will keep)
Vintage: 2001
Origin: France » Bordeaux » St Julien Map of the region
Producer: Château Léoville Poyferré
Grape Variety: Cab.Sauvignon Blend
Style: Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, 13% alcohol
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