Château Léoville-las-Cases 2. Cru Saint-Julien 2019

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97-99/100 Robert Parker
"The 2019 Léoville Las Cases is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 11% Merlot. Harvest began early for the Merlot, on the 18th of September, and the Cabernets was picked in October, finishing on the 8th of October. The IPT number (measurement of tannins) IS 80 - the same as 2018. The alcohol came at 14.02% (lower than 2018), but it does seem alittle lower than this percentage, probably because the pH is a little lower this year, at 3.67. It is aging in French oak barriques, 90% new. The color is opaque purple-black, with a nose that unfurls slowly in the glass, beginning with vibrant, expressive black fruit notes of freshly crushed blackcurrants,ripe blackberries and fresh black cherries, followed by a beguiling array of floral and earth nuances - candied violets, lavender, fragrant soil, underbrush, crushed rocks and blacktruffles. The medium to full-bodied wine dances everso gracefully on the palate, demurely revealing tightle wound layers of bright, crunchy black fruits and tantalizing floral and mineral sparks, supported by a rock-solid structure of firm, finely grained tannins and fantastic tension, finishingwith epic persistence. Although the style is completely different, the barrel sample is bahaving a lot like tha Haut-Brion sample was when I tasted it, inthat appears to be holding just that little bit extra back right now. I have to call it as I see it today, but I wouldn't be surprised if when I come back to taste this from bottle, it shows me all that and a lot more."  (Robert Parker, Wine Advocate)

98-99/100 James Suckling
"So structured for the vintage, but there's freshness and vibrancy from the acidity. Full-bodied, extremely creamy and polished. Plush slik. Extremely long, linear and compact. 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc." (James Suckling)

98/100 Decanter
"I love it when a wine steals up on you, and you very definitely get that here, taking its time on the first attack then rapidly ecpanding outwards and upwarsds. Undoubttedly it will knit down as Las Cases can't help itself but do, but there is a creamy almost caramel side hiding among the tannins here. Beautiful power and layers of chacoal, slate, crushed stones, cassis,bilberry and tobacco - all displayed with elegance and tension. A long harvest of over three weeks from September 18 to October 8, 6,5% press wine used, a little more than in 2018 (where just over 2% was used). 3.67 pH, 90% new oak."

97-99/100 The Wine Cellar Insider
"Dark,almost opaque garnet in color, the wine loads you up with smoke, spearnint,cigar wrapper,cedar, flowers,deep red pit fruits and blackberries.Perfectly combining intense power, concentration, layers of ripe black fruits anda refined character that create a seamless tasting experience. Give that least 12-15 years before popping a cork. The wine is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, reaching 14.02% alcohol with 3.67pH.The harvest took place from September 18 - October 9." (Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider)

19/20 Jancis Robinson
"Deep purple-black to the rim.Darkand brooding whit immense depth. Blackcurrant and graphite nuance. Beautiful lift on the palate, so much energy and power. Ingrained minerally freshness. Huge tannic base but the texture smooth and remarkably refined. Zest and force but absolute precision. Lingering and intense, stays on the palate for ever. One of the greats from this estate."

96-98/100 Vinous
"The 2019 Léoville Las-Cases was picked from 18 September to 8 October and matured in 90% new oak barrels. Typically deep and limpiq in colour, it has a knockout nose with penetrating blackberry, bilberry and blueberry fruit struck through with an accentuated merine/oyster shell element. The palate is beautiful, the fine-grain tannins framing delineated, mineral-infused blackfruit. There is a clarity to thisGrand Vin that places it amongst Jean-Hubert Delon's finest releases in recent years and it is blessed with astounding length. You come away with the feeling of a nascent wine boasting immense coiled-up energy that will guarantee its longevity. Stunning." (Neal Martin, Vinous)