Pavillon de Leoville Poyferre 2009

From the fruit of Leoville-Poyferre’s younger vines in the heart of St Julien and mirroring the style of its big brother, the Pavillon is strikingly pure and refined. The nose gives bright, fresh fruit - morello cherries, sloes and hints of cedar and oak. Very much an example of a modern, flashy St. Julien, the palate is dense and opulent - full of the soft, yielding fruit for which the 2009's are famous, all held taut by a fine weave of tannic structure.