WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 783; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2002 which is 875. The average score for Château Léoville-Poyferré is 884, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Léoville-Poyferré they use words like Tannins, Fruit, Black, Structure, Purple, Sweet, Ripe, Cassis, Full, Long, Tannin, Rich, Deep, Fleshy, Cherry. The 2002 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2002 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Persistence, Striking, Classy, Elevated, Transparent, Penetrating, Redcurrant, Leaves, Tar, Tangy. The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). It normally takes wines from Château Léoville-Poyferré around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Gloria 2010, Château Figeac 2012, Château Langoa-Barton 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Poyferré 2002
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
44 |