WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 759; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 872. 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Spine, Vanillary, Molasses, Wealth, Ripest, Hours, Dryness, Superripe, Milk, Irresistible. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.3%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2006 (12.5% vs 13.01%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) 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 Cheval Blanc 2006, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Giscours 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2006, Château Giscours 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 2006
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
39 |