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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 90/100 · Wine Spectator

Slightly one-dimensional, but outstanding. Dark ruby-colored center, verging on purple. Superripe aromas of cassis, berry and mint. Full-bodied, very sleek, with fine tannins and a long, long, caressing finish.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2000.

Critic scores

Critic scores
89
89/100

Average Score

90
90/100

Wine Spectator

88
88/100

Robert Parker

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88 points
Robert Parker
Score 88/100 · Robert Parker

This wine has a dark ruby color, sweet notes of cola, black currants, earth, herbs, and vanilla. The wine is medium-bodied, with some noticeable tough tannin and a lean, angular finish. The wine’s aromatics show far more evolution than the flavors. Nevertheless, this wine pales in comparison with the sensational 1990 and the other vintages of Poyferre from the mid-nineties onward. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2018. Last tasted, 10/02. Jan 2003, www.robertparker.com

About the producer

Château Léoville Poyferré - producer
Leoville Poyferre

Ch. Léoville-Poyferré is a Second Growth Saint-Julien property that was once part of the same estate as Ch. Léoville Barton and Ch. Léoville Las Cases. It has the most complex and varied soils of the three and produces the most voluptuous, seductive style of wine.

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