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  • Country ranking ?

    999
  • Producer ranking ?

    22
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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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 Léoville-Las-Cases

The hottest wine in Bordeaux

History has shown that every wine district tends to have producers whose ideology or production methods diverge from the norm in the area. One of the most classic wine regions, however, Médoc in Bordeaux, is unusual in this respect. With the exception of one, the area’s producers have toed the line and conformed to the 1855 Bordeaux classification and their position in the rankings....

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

12 tasting notes

Tasting note

flavors

Blackcurrant, Mint, Plum, Tobacco, New-oak and Chocolate

nose

Open, Seductive and Charming

taste

Complex and Full-bodied

Written Notes

The 1990 Leoville Las Cases has long been one of my favorite wines; in fact, it is probably the best overall quality-to-value ratio in the vintage. I will never forget how Las Cases convincingly won a blind tasting of 15 wines and 60 people in Hong Kong with most top wines. Deep chocolate was the first quality that came to mind in the LLC. It was rich and creamy, possessing loads of cassis and great allspice. There was this Christmas goodness to the Las Cases, call it trees, pudding and/or warmth. This was a rich, classic and outstanding wine (96).

  • 96p

A grand wine of unmistakably premier cru quality. Fullish, still youthful after a mere 26 years! Very lovely, harmonious fruit. Great depth and concentration; mellow and lush, and very long on the palate. Very classy indeed. Excellent! 

Ruby, thin garnet rim. Scented and quite up front. Licorice, cassis and a quite rich nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, a bit sweet, sweeter than 89. Lovely and long, but lacks a bit of nuance for me. Needs ten years to shed some fat.
  • 93p
1990 Chateau Leoville-las-Cases, Bordeaux, France D1,5h, G2h (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct 2012) This nose is just super sexy, charming and open. Dark liqueur like fruit with Créme de Cassis, sweet plums, dark chocolate, mint and lush, expensive oak notes. Feels very luxurious but shuts down a bit in the glass after 30 min. The sensation of liquid luxury continues on the palate with full bodied, spicy, silky, dark fruit. Completely seamless from start to finish. What it delivers today is much more pleasure for the palate than the mind but who cares when it tastes like this. Chocolate, mint and tobacco notes back up the fruit and ads complexity. Perhaps a touch more hedonistic than elegant at this stage but still utterly enjoyable. Tasted twice with consistent note Drink 2017-2047 97p.
  • 97p
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St.Julien, Saint-Julien
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