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Léoville-Las Cases 2003

Château Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien, France

Château Léoville-Las Cases
Saint-Julien France
  • 96
    Points
  • The 1 051 best
    of 3 290 954
    wines globally
  • 3 Pros of
    4 recommend
    this wine
410 96
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  • Country ranking ?

    918

  • Producer ranking ?

    18

  • Decanting time

    4h

  • When to drink

    now to 2035

  • Food Pairing

    Grilled Lamb

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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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Written Notes

There's a lovely backdrop of charcoal and paving stone notes here, offset by juicy black currant, fig, melted licorice and ganache flavors. Sweet tobacco hints course through the finish, where the cold charcoal steadily turns to lit embers. Impressively maintains some austerity in this vintage.--Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040.

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  • 96p

Tasted in September 2017. Ex-chateau. I rate this wine higher than 2001. There's no sign of heated fruit here despite excessively high temperatures (well over 40 degrees C in the month of August). The yield was half of the normal for the property. Quite intense with well-integrated fruit and tannin, fine sweetness of fruit and splendid complexity. Long aftertaste. At it's peak now.

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  • 94p
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St.Julien, Saint-Julien
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