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IronGate Fine Wine Auction

Tue, Mar 18, 2025 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Mar 25, 2025 08:00PM EDT
  • 2005
  • 750ml
  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Medoc
  • Saint-Julien
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
Lot 182

2005 Chateau Leoville Poyferre St Julien - 12 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$2,200 - CAD$3,200

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CAD$500 CAD$50
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CAD$100,000 CAD$10,000
This lot is comprised of 12 bottle(s) of 2005 Chateau Leoville Poyferre St Julien - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $2200 - $3200 with a reserve of $1400. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11585.

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A Toronto-based consignor whose interest in wine was ignited during a year-and-a-half stint in Italy in his mid-twenties. Living just across from a wine shop in the heart of Rome's historic center, he had easy access to affordable wines from various Italian regions, as well as from other parts of Europe. Upon returning to Canada, he started buying wine with a more educated palate, setting aside a bottle or two whenever he could afford it, "for later." This habit eventually led to the creation of a small wine cellar at home, and a few years later, a professional storage space for his expanding collection. He became a member of the Fine Wine Reserve in 2006, where he stored all his new bottles. Most of his collection comes from the LCBO, with a few sourced from the AGLC. These days, he drinks less and has decided to downsize his collection through auction.
The rating for 2005 Chateau Leoville Poyferre St Julien is 93 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Léoville Poyferré’s dense ruby/purple 2005 is soft, round and juicy, with lots of blackcurrant fruit, plum and Asian spice. It is medium to full-bodied and, along with Léoville Las Cases and Saint-Pierre, probably one of the best St.-Juliens I tasted in this retrospective. It is surprisingly supple and accessible. Drink it over the next 15 or so years.