Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2023
Château Leoville-Las Cases
Château Léoville-Las Cases is a property located in the Saint-Julien appellation in Bordeaux, classified as second Growth in the 1855 Médoc and Graves Classification. Typical of the appellation, Château Léoville-Las Cases is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, with small amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Tasting Notes: Jane Anson says the wine is ‘Structured and powerful, showing flesh and florality, but the tannic walls of this great estate remain fully in place, along with layers of cassis and blueberry fruit, subtle hints of bitter anise, fennel, cola, espresso, squid ink, textured slate tannins. Expect inky depths and unashamed austerity, a wine that will take its time to open up, making no excuses for demanding patience. So good, with a balance and classicism that offers the best of the vintage. 80% new oak, 6.6% press wine, 3.79 hours, harvest from 9 September to 2 October, yield 43hl/h. First year in the new cellars, with 43.5ha destined for the main wine of the historic walled vineyard.
Varieties: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 4% Merlot
- Wine Type
- En Primeur
- Format
- 0,75L
- Vintage
- 2023
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Robert Parker
- RP96
- James Suckling
- 98
- Jane Anson (inside Bordeaux)
- 98
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.
Exceptional quality of cabernet comes through here, with a lot of graphite, lead pencil, crushed stone, walnut and currant fruit. It grows and expands on the palate, remaining in focus at the same time. Refined and seamless with beautiful tannins that show power and intensity. It rolls across the palate with verve. 86% cabernet sauvignon, 10% cabernet franc and 4% merlot.
Structured and powerful, this is not as forbidding as En Primeur in many vintages of Las Cases, showing both flesh and florality, but the tannic walls of this great estate remain fully in place, coupled with layers of cassis and bilberry fruits, subtle hints of bitter aniseed, fennel, cola, espresso, squid ink, textured slate tannins. Expect inky depths and unashamed austerity, a wine that will take its time to open, making no excuses for demanding patience. So so good, with a balance and classicism that delivers on the best of the vintage. 80% new oak, 6.6% press wine, 3.79h, harvest September 9 to October 2, 43hl/h yield. First year in the new cellars, with 43.5ha going into the main wine from the historic walled vineyard site.