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  • Country ranking ?

    899
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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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

Château Leoville Las Cases

Château Léoville Las Cases is one of the largest and oldest classified growths in the Médoc known since 1707. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Second Growths in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

Today’s Léoville Las Cases was once part of a much larger estate until the time of the French Revolution when a portion of this estate was separated into what is today Ch...

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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Medium

nose

Youthful, Ripe, Pure and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

Well-structured, Balanced, Multi-dimensional, Round, Harmonious and Rich

Written Notes

The 1928 Leoville Las Cases was recorked by Whitwham’s, a British company I believe, back when recorking was a little less controversial. The LLC had a chocolaty and earthy nose, and some green crept out. Vanilla and cream joined the party, and the longer tannins of the legendary ’28 vintage really shined. There was still finesse to this glassy red, and while the length and finish were superior to the Haut Brion, the character was not (93).

  • 93p

A good-looking Barton-bottled magnum. Level was high-shoulder. Decanted 30 minutes. A deep ruby, healthy colour. Sound and open nose. A typical Saint-Julien profile of ripe fruits, tobacco, cedary and herbs flavours. Muscular body and a good concentration of mature fruit and fearsome tannin levels. Long, powerful ending showing lovely intensity, depth and balance. Definitely fully mature, for drinking over the next 5 - 10 years.

  • 92p
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Origin

St.Julien, Saint-Julien
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