WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 817; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 849. The average score for Château Léoville-Poyferré is 883, 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 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Thickness, Assertive, Sumptuous, Layer, Laden, Clout, Streamlined, Intriguing, Fat, Pudding. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.1%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2004 (13.5% vs 12.86%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2028). 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 Margaux 2005, Château Giscours 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Brane-Cantenac 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Clerc-Milon 2005.
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 2004
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
54 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
43 |