WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 859; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 847. The average score for Château Léoville-Poyferré is 881, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Damson, Grace. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.3%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2009 (12.5% vs 13.34%). The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) 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 Léoville-Las Cases 2009, Château Margaux 2006, Château Margaux 2008, Château Latour 2000, Château Margaux 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2014, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Giscours 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Poyferré 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
146 |