Source: 218, The Wine Advocate; Issue Date: 30th Apr 2015 (RP-92+)

Owned by the Cuvelier family since 1920, this property over the last 20 years has made some great wines in the M?doc. The 2012, a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc, is opaque purple, thick-looking, and from bottle much more impressive than it was from barrel. This very extracted, rich, full-bodied, masculine L?oville Poyferr? needs a good 5-8 years of bottle age and should evolve well for at least 20-25 years. Loads of blackberry and cassis, crushed rock and graphite notes are present in this medium to full-bodied, impressively concentrated and pure wine. Forget it for a while, as this is one of the bigger, richer M?docs.