Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2023 En Primeur 6 Btl. Case
Country: France Region: Bordeaux Saint Julien
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon 86% - Cabernet Franc 10% - 4% Merlot
Vintage: 2023 Colour: Red Style: Dry
Producer: Chateau Leoville Las Cases
ABV: 13.5%
Description:
Leoville Las Cases has been producing consistently profound and long-lived wines for decades, and is always destined to be one of the most sought-after releases in any Bordeaux EP campaign. This famous property, entering the campaign earlier than normal this year, released this year at 40% lower than last year!
The pre-eminent estate in St. Julien, one of the most solid contenders to the first growths and the genesis of the name 'super-second'. Today, Château Léoville Las-Cases is one of the best and most consistent wineries in all Bordeaux, as well as the world. The 2023 is the first vintage produced in the Chateau new cellars (the full works due for completion in 2026), the owners vision and investment is set to continue to elevate quality and consistency, now and for the future.
Tasting Notes:
"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.."
97 - 98 Points
James Suckling
"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"
98 Points
Jane Anson
"The 2023 Leoville Las Cases is deep garnet-purple in color. After a little shaking, notes of ripe blackcurrants, black cherries, and mulberries slowly emerge from the glass, giving way to a fragrant undercurrent of iris, crushed rocks, fertile loam, and dark chocolate. The medium-bodied palate is very tightly wound with taut black berry layers and loads of mineral accents, framed by firm fine-grained tannins and wonderful tension, finishing on a lingering ferrous note. This should be a very long-lived Las Cases! The blend is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Merlot, with pH 3.79, alcohol of 13.1%, and TPI 72. It is aging for around 18 months in French oak barriques, 80% new"
95-97pts
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
