‍97/100
JS
‍97+/100
WA
‍97/100
WS

Château Léoville Poyferré 2016

Saint-Julien

Un modèle pour l'appellation avec un millésime d'une justesse impressionnante !

Gain fidélité 2.50%
Caractéristiques
Pays:
France
Région:
Bordeaux
Appellation précise:
Saint-Julien
Millésime:
2016
Couleur:
Rouge
Type de vin:
Sec
Format:
Bouteille de 75cl
Cépage(s):
63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot et 2% Cabernet Franc
Terroir:
Sol composé d'argiles, de sables et de graviers recouvert de graves
Vendanges:
Manuelles en cagettes
Vinification:
Encuvage cépage par cépage dans les 56 cuves inox dont 27 à double paroi. Macération pré-fermentaire à froid durant 7 jours dans ces dernières.
Elevage:
Durant 18 à 20 mois en fûts
Dégustation et Garde
Boire à partir de :
2022
Apogée :
2026-2036
Boire avant :
2042+
Conseil de service :
Ouvrir puis épauler la bouteille au moins 1h à l'avance
Servir à :
17-18°

Description

Le dicton « Après la pluie, le beau temps » se confirme le 21 juin, premier jour de l’été. Le soleil s’installe subitement et brillera sans relâche jusqu’aux vendanges, instaurant une période de sécheresse salutaire après un hiver et un printemps pluvieux.

Somptueux fruité, onctuosité du 2009, équilibre et densité du 2010 sont les caractéristiques du 2016. Sa remarquable longueur en bouche, dans la séduction et l’élégance, en font l’un des plus grands millésimes.

Suggestion gourmande

Tataki de boeuf mariné au sésame.

Avis des Experts

97/100
James Suckling
"Wow. The power and depth to this wine is super with a full and fleshy palate, yet so tight and integrated with panache and energy. Chewy tannins yet seamless and melted in the wine. Extremely long and beautiful. This needs at least five to six years to resolve the steely tannins that run through this wine. Take a look from 2024. A blend of 61 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 27 per cent merlot, eight per cent merlot and four per cent cabernet franc."
97+/100
The Wine Advocate
"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Léoville Poyferré hits the ground running with intense cassis, violets, dark chocolate, menthol and fragrant earth notions complemented by nuances of cigar box and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is charged with energetic, super intense black fruit and floral layers, beautifully supported with super firm, ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness. This liquid is simply alive in the mouth, culminating in an epically long finish that will leave your mouth practically tingling. WOW!"
97/100
Wine Spectator
"Richly layered, with a core of well-steeped plum, blackberry and black currant fruit flavors cruising through, flanked by ganache, sweet tobacco and warm tar notes. There's a plush, toasty coating but the wine's energy and nearly unbridled fruit will easily soak that up. A last echo of violet is further evidence of a lovely evolution ahead. Best from 2025 through 2040."
98/100
Jeb Dunnuck
"Tasted on four separate occasions where this wine rated 97+, 98, 98, and 99, the 2016 Château Léoville-Poyferré is a brilliant bottle of wine and is certainly in the same league as the 2000, 2003, 2009, and 2010. Made from 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, aged in 80% new oak, this brilliantly concentrated, full-bodied, opulent beast of a wine offers a heavenly bouquet of crème de cassis, blackcurrants, smoked earth, tobacco leaf, and ample crushed rocks. It’s certainly one of the most flamboyant and opulent wines in the vintage, yet it remains perfectly balanced, with masses of polished tannins, no hard edges, and a fabulous finish. It will be drinkable in 3-4 years yet keep for 3-4 decades."
98/100
Decanter
"Relatively closed right now, as are all the St-Juliens, this takes time to open in the glass but does so to reveal lots of northern Médoc character in the liquorice and brambly fruit puree, with touches of caramel and sweet cassis. It's hewn out of slate boulders with layers of tannin - a lovely construction that's deepened even further during ageing. 2% Cabernet Franc finishes the blend. Matured in 80% new oak. Michel Rolland consults."
17,5/20
Jancis Robinson