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Lot 142
Estimate: $220
High Shoulder, corroded capsule, lightly torn and slightly recessed cork, partially exposing cork, bin soiled label.
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92JG
"This was the first time that I can recall tasting the 1966 Poyferré, and . . . this wine was simply lovely. What a crime what has happened at this property, which once upon a time was one of the most terroir-specific wines in the entire Médoc, and is now one of the more boringly modern and lug-headed wines to be found in St. Julien. In any case, 1966 was still the glory years at Poyferré, and the wine delivers a superb, refined bouquet of black cherries, nutskins, tobacco, summer truffles and that inimitable, great base of Poyferré soil. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, long and deep, with just a touch less refinement than either Beychevelle or Ducru, but simply amazing length and grip on the complex and soil-driven finish. The acids are a bit lower on the 1966 Leoville Poyferré than on many other of the classed growths in this vintage . . ."
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"This was the first time that I can recall tasting the 1966 Poyferré, and . . . this wine was simply lovely. What a crime what has happened at this property, which once upon a time was one of the most terroir-specific wines in the entire Médoc, and is now one of the more boringly modern and lug-headed wines to be found in St. Julien. In any case, 1966 was still the glory years at Poyferré, and the wine delivers a superb, refined bouquet of black cherries, nutskins, tobacco, summer truffles and that inimitable, great base of Poyferré soil. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, long and deep, with just a touch less refinement than either Beychevelle or Ducru, but simply amazing length and grip on the complex and soil-driven finish. The acids are a bit lower on the 1966 Leoville Poyferré than on many other of the classed growths in this vintage . . ."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
Chateau Leoville Poyferre is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, known for a richer, more opulent and modern-styled expression of Cabernet-dominated wine.
An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.
The world's most planted premium red grape, yielding deeply colored, tannic and structured wines with cassis, cedar and graphite notes. Firm tannins and acidity make it exceptionally age-worthy, whether as a varietal or the backbone of a Bordeaux blend.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.
A deeply colored, tannic Bordeaux blending grape adding color, structure and floral, spicy complexity in small proportions.