Château Léoville-Poyferré

The Chateau Leoville - Poyferré is one of the famous vineyards of Bordeaux. Since the classification of 1855, the winery is classified as Deuxieme Grand Cru Classée, second- highest level of classification.

It is located in Saint Julien, Pauillac adjacent to the site on the " Route du Vin ", the department of road No.2.

The three goods Leoville (las Cases, Barton and Poyferré ) belonged together until the 18th century. Poyferré is the size of the middle of them and made ​​the (sometimes wrongly) as ' low ' deemed wine of the three goods.

The best there ever resulting wines are so far from the vintages 1982 and 1990., The 1982 and the 1990 wine to be counted from the wine critic Robert Parker with 94 and 96 Parker points. A bottle of these vintages is rarely below 80 euros to buy (as of 2005).

A breakthrough came with the vintages 1995 and 1996 ( the start of the advice of Michel Rolland ). The wines have since beefy and concentrated with a tendency to the New World. The 2000s was a respectable 95 points and the 2003s was sensational 98 Parker points. He is considered one of the greatest Poyferrés and is sought accordingly.

History

The vineyards of the Château are part of the former still far greater ownership of Leoville: early 17th century included the lands along the Gironde to Seigneurie de Lamarque. It was a credit to the Dutch to have drained the wetlands along the river. On an early drained area on an elevated gravel knoll 1638 first land were created in the year. From the second half of the 17th century, the family de Moytié put on first vineyards. Later, the gravel knoll was named Mont Moytié. In 1707 the politician and President of the Parliament of Bordeaux, took over the property and bequeathed him later to his two daughters. One of the women married the influential Blaise Antoine Alexandre de Gasq, Seigneur of Leoville and also a member of the Parliament of Bordeaux. After the probate dispute Moytié daughters succeeded de Gasq to unite the separate possessions again. The areas ranged from Château Beychevelle in the south up to Château Latour in Pauillac in the north.

De Gasq died childless in 1769, and the Leoville - owned went to a Erbgemeinschaft by four nephews, chaired by the Marquis de Las Cases Beauvoir. Was administered the estate of Jean -Pierre d' Abbadie and by Bernard and Jean -Joseph d' Alozier. During the turmoil of the French Revolution, the Marquis had to flee the country. He managed, however, to retain his possession and to lose him not as common ( Bien national). He separated only by one fourth of the land which was later shaped by a native of Ireland wine merchant Hugh Barton at Chateau Leoville - Barton.

The son of the Marquis, Pierre- Jean de Las Cases, Maréchal de camp led the fate of the remaining material from 1815. In 1840 the property was divided further by way of inheritance. While Pierre -Jean de Las Cases retained nearly two-thirds (today's Chateau Leoville -las- Cases), the other third of his sister Jeanne de Las Cases was transferred. Through her ​​marriage to Jean -Marie de Poyferré the name of Chateau Leoville - Poyferré arose.