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Château Léoville-Poyferré 1979

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

93 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic: not reviewed
Community evidence
Community 93 from 52 notes

how we score

Region Vintage

89 / 100

Saint-Julien · 1979

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

1985now 20262009
On our estimate the window closed in 2009. Estimated — no published window for this wine. Modelled from 207 comparable wines in Saint-Julien.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

No merchant price we can stand behind.

Our own summary of 10 tracked offers. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-07. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

Where to buy

Retail route

1 observation from 1 venue, £110 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
selectionsommelier.com · £110per 750ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Léoville-Poyferré 1979 price history.

LWIN 101238719791200750, the identifier for this bottling and format.