2010 Chateau Leoville Poyferre michael david There are also liquorice nuances

There are also liquorice nuances and a soupçon of clove

both floral and full of fruit

Unusual for Bordeaux

two of Joseph Drouhin's tenets

2010 Chateau Leoville Poyferre michael david There are also liquorice nuancesWinemaker Notes Rich and fine but closed, new wood and stoniness and blackberry sweet, cassis fruit; beautifully balanced wine with a superb concentration of core of fruit, a vital acidity and marked, but very refined, velvety textured tannins; long and energetic to taste, great complexity and thoroughbred feel, superb fruit presence, great fruit core length. This appears to have even more of everything than the fine 2009, above all terrific