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  • Country ranking ?

    640
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025

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The Story

The Grand Vin is the product of exceptional terroirs from the former Léoville estate. These terroirs are located mainly in the Clos Léoville Las Cases, which you pass as you leave Saint- Julien village for Pauillac. They extend over nearly 60ha producing Cabernet Sauvignons and Cabernet Francs with a complex, polished expression and characteristics which are totally unique to the Grand Vin of Léoville du Marquis de Las Cases and have been wide...

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Wine Information

The 2017 vintage has brought us first wines offering an excellent ripeness and second wines that are especially successful thanks to the great care bestowed upon our young vines. The Merlots are rich, the Cabernet Francs refined and elegant, and the Cabernet Sauvignons powerful and well-structured. The Grand Vin blend boasts notes of ripe fruit along with an attractive freshness. The tannic structure, powerful yet very silky and elegant, linge...

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Tasting note

color

Deep and Ruby red

ending

Long

flavors

Blackberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Cigar-box and Cassis

nose

Complex and Opulent

taste

Average in Acidity, Perfectly balanced and Dry

Written Notes

Among "the 10 most exciting wines of 2017"
The 2017 Léoville Las Cases is remarkably elegant and polished for this typically brutish Saint-Julien. Persistence more than power is the key element that distinguishes the 2017 from most other vintages and most other Saint- Juliens as well. The classic Las Cases flavor profile is very much in evidence, but in a wine that is silky, nuanced and exceptionally polished. In 2017, Las Cases is truly magical, and one of the most complete wines of the Left Bank. In a word: sublime. Don't miss it. Tasted two times.

  • 97p

Ruby. Scented, red berries, cassis, blueberries, minerals, detailed, floral, violets nose. Layered nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, red berries, cassis, blueberries, juicy, detailed, intense, cassis, layered, minerals, long. 95-97

  • 96p

The 2017 Léoville Las Cases, a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon with 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot from 50- to 90-year-old vines, is deep garnet-purple in color and simply sings of crushed blackcurrants, wild blueberries and plum preserves with notions of wood smoke, cigar boxes, crushed rocks and beef drippings. Medium-bodied with wonderful intensity and vivacity, it gives a firm, fine-grained frame and a densely packed mid-palate, finishing long and earthy. This should age incredibly! 96-98p

Dark purple red with violet hue. Complex and expressive nose, blackcurrants, blackberries, sweet elderberries, hints of lilies, hints of dark chocolate. Very fragrant character. On the palate excellent structure, balance and length, freshness, precision and elegance. A very classic style. 96

  • 96p
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Origin

St.Julien, Saint-Julien
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