As Parker notes; "some argue that Leoville-Poyferre has better soil than any of the other second growths". Current manager, Didier Cuvelier, took charge in 1979. Didier has been instrumental in raising the quality of the wines by modernising the cellars, using a higher percentage of new oak barrels and creating a second wine for cuvees not quite up to Grand Vin standard. This, the result, is a superb St Julien.