2024 Leoville Las Cases

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Medium to full intensity, vivid plum with vibrant violet around the rim, ink, black tea, chamomile flowers, slate, graphite, redcurrant, rose petals, cassis, bilberry, raspberry leaf, delivers the texture, tension and complexity that you expect from this level of estate in any vintage, and it is a success, reserved, slim and savoury with ageing potential. Arnaud Delon now at the estate, working alongside his father Jean-Hubert Delon. 31hl/ha yield. New cellars now in operation for the winemaking, 75% new oak. 3.60 pH. 31 hl/ha. 6.3% press wine. Harvest 30 September to 9 October.
94/100 Jane Anson

(St Julien; 84% Cabernet Sauvignon; 11% Cabernet Franc; 5% Merlot; a final yield of 31 hl/ha; IPT 76; pH 3.6; 6.3% vin de presse; 13.1% alcohol; tasted only one, at Chateau Nénin). Walnut and walnut oil. Graphite and a hint of the cedar to come. A very gracious intense dark black cherry and blueberry fruit; raspberry and mulberry. Cool and luxuriant. Sumptuous as St Julien as its very best should be. Not a massive frame, but massive depth and profundity above all in the context of the vintage. Black cherries form the frame and then we have, with the touch of the gentle tannins, the release of the more intensely sapid fresh berry fruits – all dark at first, but shading towards raspberry after a while. The dynamism in the mouth is fabulous – not vertical but more horizontal. We have swirls and eddies of freshness, but like a wide river turning a corner, as there is considerable viscosity to the waters in motion. Exciting and dynamic. Gracious, long, classical and slowly tapering on the finish. I love the gentle sweetness on the finish – unusual in the context of the vintage. A vin de garde in the best of traditions. Grape skins on the finish. A touch of fresh mint too.
93-95/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. Sashays out of the glass with gregarious notes of red currant jelly and fresh black cherries, plus nuances of iris, camphor, fragrant soil, and graphite with a touch of underbrush. The medium-bodied palate is refreshing and elegantly knit with very fine-grained tannins and bold red berry flavors, finishing long and minerally.
94-96/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent