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Name   of Chateau		Chateau Leoville Poyferre (The 1855 Classification of Wines, 2nd Growth)
Name of Wine		Chateau Moulin Riche
Appellation		A.O.C. Saint Julian
Varieties		64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc
Volume		75 cl
Packing		Bottle (6 bottles per wooden box)
Weight		1.4 kg
Alcohol		13%
Wine   Tasting Note		Ruby with medium body, medium tannin wtih blackberry, redberry, cocoa and licorice.  Finished with tobacco.

 

 

 

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Traditionally, Bordeaux wine estates were named after their owners or founders. But histories path to ownership of Leoville Poyferre is a long and winding road shared with Chateau Leoville Las Cases starting all the way back to 1638.

 

Jean de Moytié, a member of the Bordeaux Parliament owned a Bordeaux vineyard. Moytie called it “Mont-Moytié. Mont-Moytié was one of the first chateaux in the Medoc to produce wine along with Chateau Margaux and La Tour de Saint-Lambert, which we know as today as Chateau Latour . The domaine remained in the family for almost 100 years. Through marriage, the estate ended up as part of the de Gascq family. Alexandre de Gascq renamed Mont-Moytié as Leoville, or Lionville.

 

The Leoville estate was at the forefront of Bordeaux vineyard management at the time. Some of their ideas seemed odd at the time, but today they are still widely in use. They changed the varieties in the vineyards to smaller berries, they trellised the rows with pinewood. They began aging the wine in oak barrels, which they kept clean using a sulphur solution. While we take this for granted today, in those days, they were wild ideas! By the time Alexandre de Gascq died, with his steady purchasing of Bordeaux vineyard land, Leoville was not the biggest vineyard in Bordeaux at more than 300 acres!

 

The property was divided in 1840. Pierre Jean de Lascases, the oldest son received a share, which became Château Leoville Las Cases . His sister, Jeanne, passed on her share to her daughter, wife of Baron Jean-Marie Poyferré de Cerès. What we know as Leoville Poyferre was born, however at the time, it was sold under the name of Baron de Poyferre.

 

While the vineyards were separated, the buildings remained connected, just as they are today. In fact, the parking lot for both chateau is a common area. You park in either one, to visit the other. This is a unique arrangement in not only the Medoc as well as all of Bordeaux.

 

The true modern age for Leoville Poyferre beings with the purchase of the estate by the Cuvelier familiy in the 1920′s. The Cuvelier family got their start in Bordeaux the same way numerous other future chateau owners did, as negocants, or wine merchants. The Cuvelier family has a long history in the Bordeaux wine trade dating all the way back to 1804.

 

The first purchase made by the family was their property in St. Estephe , Chateau Le Crock in 1903. They next purchased Chateau Camensac in the Haut Medoc appellation. Their next investment was Chateau Leoville Poyferre. Interestingly, even though they were experienced chateau owners, at first they allowed their neighbor manage Leoville Poyferre. Roger Delon , one of the owners of Chateau Leoville Las Cases was the first to manage the estate for the Cuvelier family.

 

This changed in 1979 with the accession of Didier Cuvelier , who became the first member of his family to take charge of Leoville Poyferre.

 

This was a fortuitous move as the wines made by Didier Cuvelier put Leoville Poyferre on the map of wine lovers all over the world. Some of the first changes made by Didier Cuvelier include bringing Michel Rolland as well as Emile Peynaud into the fold. This was quickly followed by a modernization of the winemaking facilities at their Left Bank estate. The positive changes in the wine from Leoville Poyferre can easily be seen by tasting the wine. The rapid jump in quality first appeared in 1982.

 

Leoville Poyferre is one of the most exciting properties in the Medoc today. As we mentioned earlier, much of the credit goes to the owner Didier Cuvelier. Didier Cuvelier began a nineteen year replanting program. At the time the replanting started, approximately 30 percent of the vineyard was planted at Leoville Poyferre. Since those early days. the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon was increased and the first plantings of Petit Verdot took place. Under the direction of Didier Cuvelier, the vineyard almost doubled in size, from 48 hectares up to its current size of 80 planted hectares.

 

The 80 hectare St.Julien vineyards of Leoville Poyferre are planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot , 8% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc . The vine density in the vineyard is 8,500 vines per hectare. The terroir is gravel with some limestone. Michel Rolland consults on the wine making.

 

While the estate of Leoville Poyferre was modernized in 1984, they have continued improving and renovating the property time and time again. In 2010, in time for harvest, the vat rooms were completely renovated at Leoville Poyferre. They replaced 10 large vats with 20 new, stainless steel double skin vats with a capacity from 60 hectoliters to 165 hectoliters. This allows for very precise vinification on a parcel by parcel basis. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrel. However, it’s important to note that even with all the modernization and renovations that have taken place recently at Leoville Poyferre, because they share a parking lot with Leoville Las Cases, which necessitated locating the actual winery on one side of the street, while the barrel rooms are located across the way, on the other side of the street. Leoville Poyferre came up with an ingenious idea of how to move the wine to the barrels from the tanks. They created a system of underground pipes to move the wine safely from vats to barrels. Prior to the underground pipes, the wine was moved by hand in steel tanks using tractors.

 

The style of Leoville Poyferre is a Bordeaux wine that offers lush ripe fruit with purity and concentration a powerful, plush style. Scents of cassis, Spice and black fruits, with truffle and tobacco aromatics are the hallmarks of this wine. Leoville Poyferre has been one of the most consistent producers of high quality Bordeaux since 2000. They have made so many great wines, it’s hard to pick a favorite. However, 2009 Leoville Poyferre stands heads and shoulders above the previous vintages. With elegant textures and round silky tannins along with the ability to age, this is a Bordeaux wine to keep your eye on.

 

Production of Leoville Poyferre is close to 20,000 cases of St. Julien wine per year. The estate produces two additional wines. Moulin Riche, which comes from a specific 21 hectare parcel of vines that was purchased back in 1920 by the Cuvelier family. The second wine of Leoville Poyferre is Pavillon de Leoville Poyferre. The family also owns a successful negociant company started in 1804, H. Culvelier and Fils.