WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 893; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 882. The average score for Château Léoville-Poyferré is 880, making this an above 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Licorices, Brash, Gassy, Strong, Multilayered, Lavish, Charged, Turbo, Vivacious, Animal. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.2%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (13% vs 13.1%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Latour 2003, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010.
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 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
65 |
| 2015-12-08 |
gbp |
108 |