Château Léoville Las Cases - St Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé 2021 (750ml)
Price: $299.99
Producer | Château Léoville Las Cases |
Country | France |
Region | Bordeaux |
Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot |
Vintage | 2021 |
Sku | 200414 |
Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2021 Léoville Las-Cases is a wine of elegance and restraint. Yes, I am writing that about a young Las-Cases. Perhaps it is the higher level of Cabernet Franc in this year's blend that adds aromatic presence and gives the wine its refined character. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, mint, spice and rose petal linger on the delicate, understated finish.
Wine Advocate: 96+ Points
The 2021 Léoville Las Cases has turned out beautifully in bottle and clearly numbers among the very finest wines of the vintage. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries and cassis mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, violets and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated with a deep and multidimensional core of fruit framed by beautifully refined tannins and girdled by lively acids, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Serious and structured without being austere, it's a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and a mere 5% Merlot.