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Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien 2023
6x75cl £ 831 3 cases available In Bond

Region

France > Bordeaux > Saint-Julien

Producer

Chateau Leoville Las Cases

Grape

Bordeaux red blend

Type

Red

Designation

AOP

Vineyard

NA

Appellation

Saint-Julien

Classification

2eme Cru Classe

Score

Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien
· 2023·

WO score

RP
94-96
V
(94-97)
JR
-
WO score is the average of all critic scores for this wine

Tasting notes

Vinous
Tasted: 30/04/2024
Drink: 2033-2073
Author: Antonio Galloni

The 2023 Léoville Las Cases is a wine of understatement and class. In so many vintages, Las Cases is quite authoritative, but I find the 2023 rather quiet and unexpressive today. It’s a rather intellectual Las Cases, a wine with tremendous potential, but also a wine that is quite reserved at this early stage. Time in the glass brings out hints of blueberry, graphite, spice and mocha. It will be interesting to see where this goes. This is a very austere, classically built Las Cases for readers who can be patient.

 

Vinous
Tasted: 29/04/2024
Drink: 2030-2065
Author: Neal Martin

The 2023 Léoville Las-Cases was picked from September 9 to October 2 at 43hL/ha and matured in 80% new oak barrels. This has a very precise bouquet, and, like the Clos du Marquis, it is imbued with an attractive estuarine element—aromatics that transport the imbiber to the banks of the Gironde. The oak is neatly integrated; 80% is much more optimal than 100% would have been...

...The palate is lightly spiced on the entry, moderately deep and quite lively on the mid-palate. This is a more linear Las-Cases than recent vintages, conveying a sense of "seriousness" toward the almost saturnine finish. Impressive in terms of persistence, this is a worthy follow-up to the magnificent 2022, but it will demand patience.

 

Robert Parker
Tasted: 26/04/2024
Drink:

A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and only 4% Merlot, the 2023 Léoville Las Cases is one of the more serious, structured wines of the vintage, reminiscent of a modern-day version of the estate's excellent 2001. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with hints of licorice, mint and creamy new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a taut core of fruit, lively acids and plenty of fine, youthfully firm tannins. It will require and reward patience.

 

Vinous
Tasted: 26/04/2024
Drink: 2030-2065
Author: Neal Martin

The 2023 Léoville Las-Cases was picked from September 9 to October 2 at 43hL/ha and matured in 80% new oak barrels. This has a very precise bouquet, and, like the Clos du Marquis, it is imbued with an attractive estuarine element—aromatics that transport the imbiber to the banks of the Gironde. The oak is neatly integrated; 80% is much more optimal than 100% would have been...

...The palate is lightly spiced on the entry, moderately deep and quite lively on the mid-palate. This is a more linear Las-Cases than recent vintages, conveying a sense of "seriousness" toward the almost saturnine finish. Impressive in terms of persistence, this is a worthy follow-up to the magnificent 2022, but it will demand patience.

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