Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2. Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2017 i trækasse

"98+ points. Damn, that’s good." - Robert Parker
"98+ points. Very long on the palate, great depth" - Izak Litwar
"98 points. TOP 100 2020...The purity here is really something" - James Suckling

Chateau Léoville Las Cases er kendt for at producere nogle af Bordeaux’ mest komplekse og lagringsværdige vine. Slottet hører til blandt St-Juliens bedste og flere eksperter mener, at kvaliteten her kan måle sig med 1. Cru Classé. Det afspejler sig også hos Robert Parker, der i 2016 gav slottets Grand Vin de perfekte 100 point. 

Slottet stammer fra 1630’erne, men tog først navnet, Las Cases, 100 år senere, fra den daværende adelige ejer. Den franske revolution splittede slottet i tre dele, hvor man i dag har hjemme i den ældste bygning, Les Clos, hvorfra førstevinen fremstilles.

Anmeldelser af Château Leoville-Las Cases 2. Cru Classé Saint-Julien 2017

98+/100 Robert Parker
"This comes from 50- to 90-year-old vines and is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot with 13.28% alcohol, 3.72 pH and an IPT of 71. The 2017 Léoville Las Cases is deep garnet-purple in color, and wow, the nose bursts with beautiful blackcurrant cordial, blackberry pie and blueberry preserve notes followed by hints of lilacs, dark chocolate, cedar chest, sassafras and licorice with emerging wafts of oolong tea, lavender and iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is an exercise in elegance and soft-spoken nuances within a mouth-coating palate of almost electric black and blue fruits, framed by very firm, exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing epically long and wonderfully perfumed. Damn, that’s good. Drinking Window : 2023 - 2070."

98+/100 Izak Litwar
"Leoville Las Cases was elegant and refined, with great complexity and structure, rich, very long on the palate, great depth and very long persistent finish. Impressive effort for the vintage"

98/100 James Suckling
"The purity here is really something. Blackberries and blackcurrants with sandalwood, mint and other classic herbs. Full-bodied and dense with ultra-fine tannins. Silky in all ways. Goes on for a long, long time. A blend of 79% cabernet sauvignon, 11% cabernet franc and 10% merlot. Joyous and serious wine for the vintage. And comparable to 2014 and 2015. Try after 2023."

96-98/100 Anthocyanes, Y. Castaing, Anthocyan

97/100 Vinous - Antonio Galloni
"The 2017 Léoville Las Cases captures all the best the vintage has to offer. Rich, unctuous and stunning in its beauty, the 2017 possesses tremendous richness and textural intensity that carry through to the very long finish, all with the regal, statuesque feel that is the quintessential signature of Las Cases. Just as it was from barrel, Las Cases is wonderfully polished. Tasted two times. What a wine!"

97/100 Decanter
"One of the very few wines in this vintage that truly stains the glass with its wonderfully vibrant anthocyanins. This is an exceptional wine - Léoville just knows how to knock it out of the park again and again. An early vintage meant everything was blended and in barrels before Christmas, with 7.5% press wine, so this has had some time to settle down already. There's huge persistency through the palate, very similar to last year. It has presence and a grip that doesn't want to let go, and you don't want it to either. It continues to reveal itself over the course of the glass, showing slate, cassis, blackberry and charcoal. It's not as powerfully knitted as the 2016, but watch out for those tannins. I expect this will be a wine that, like the 1996 and 2016, will close down and evolve extremely slowly. Stunning aromatics. 90% new oak."

97/100 Vert de Vin Magazine
"The nose is elegant, fresh, concentrated and gourmand. It reveals notes of boysenberry, wild strawberry, crushed blueberry and more slightly redcurrant, cherry associated with fine/discreet touches of Sichuan pepper, violet, liquorice, a very discreet hint of menthol as well as hints of Bourbon vanilla, nut and milky caramel. After aeration, apparition of fine hints of Sichuan pepper and oriental spices. The palate is fruity, elegant, fine, racy, aerial and offers a beautiful freshness, a beautiful minerality/mineral frame, creaminess, a beautiful definition, a fine silky sensation as well as a beautiful finesse. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/ripe boysenberry, juicy/ripe strawberry and more slightly cherry associated with touches of crushed cassis, chocolate, Bourbon vanilla, caramelization as well as subtle touches of nut, dark chocolate and a subtle hint of sugared tobacco on the finish. Tannins are fine, elegant, bewitching and offer a small chewiness. Very beautiful grain on the persistence/aftertaste. A wine all in fullness!"

97/100 Tastingbook.com

97/100 Houlberg
"6,5 Thumbs Up. Duftmæssigt har vinen atter lidt af samme noter som dens ældre søster, altså denne lidt - i mangel af bedre ord - dekadente aroma med lidt gammelt, ædelt træ, men her er duften bare en tak mere frisk og sammenhængene og fadet lidt mere afvejet og vel nærmest smukt integreret, selvom det bestemt kommer godt frem. Frugten er mere solbærdrevet suppleret med noter af cigarkasser, lidt lakrids, kanel, vanilje og chokolade. Ganske vanedannende overbevisende. Smagen er bestemt og mere frisk end hos storesøsteren og her synes alt bare i smuk balance. Der er klart mere syre, frugten er også friskere, men alt er bare så balanceret, roligt, blød og cremet. Der er fortsat lidt cedertræ, frugten meget blå med solbær og blåbær, nogle mineraler, sort te samt strenge og flotte tanniner og i det hele taget bare en røvlækker vin, så 97 point."

95-97/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"The flagship 2017 Léoville Las Cases is made from 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Merlot, still aging in 90% new barrels, and it’s unquestionably one of the greatest wines in this complex, far from homogenous vintage. Inky black colored with sensational richness in its black currants, scorched earth, graphite, and charcoal aromas and flavors, this blockbuster barrel sample is full-bodied, powerful, and concentrated. It has bright acidity, building tannin, and is going to need 5-7 years of cellaring to be drinkable."

95-97/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"It is not often you can use the word fruity to describe Leoville Las Cases but it is certainly fitting for 2017. Yes, the wine is fruity! And in addition you’ll find complexities of licorice, cigar box and lead pencil with tannins so refined it’s almost precocious. The fruit is airy and bright with a sweetness that carries through from start to finish. This is the perfect vintage to enjoy while waiting for the bigger, more tannic vintages to come around. The wine was made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, reaching 13.28% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. The harvest took place from September 15 to October 4 and the wine was made from 60% of the harvest."

96/100 Wine Spectator
"A very focused, very pure rendition, laden with cassis, plum reduction and boysenberry puree fruit that is mostly waiting in reserve. A cold cast iron edge imparts a sense of restraint, while smoldering tobacco, charcoal and alder notes are deeply buried on the finish. The opposite of flamboyant. In need of time. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Best from 2025 through 2040."

96/100 Vinum Magazin

96/100 Vinifera

Château Léoville Las Cases

Grand Vin:  Château Léoville Las Cases, 2. Cru Saint-Julien (1855 Médoc & Graves)
Beliggenhed: Saint Julien
Separat Cuvée: Clos du Marquis
2. Vin: Le Petit Lion de Marquis de Las Cases
Beplantet areal: 98 ha
Plantede druesorter: 67 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 % Merlot og 10 % Cabernet Franc
Fadmodning: 18 mdr. 90 % ny barrique