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2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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March 10, 2024 - $355

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RATINGS

100Wine Spectator

Breathtaking. Fullbodied, with a mind-blowing texture of seamless tannins that coat every millimeter of the palate. Goes on and on, with licorice, currant and flowers. An incredible red;

97+ Robert M. Parker Jr.

This is a prodigious effort...dense ruby/purple wine has a stunningly pure bouquet of dark fruit, wet rocks, graphite, and subtle background toast/vanillin. Full-bodied, masculine, and very deep and concentrated

95+ Stephen Tanzer

..with a silky, enveloping texture rare for this wine in its youth. The highly concentrated cassis,violet & bitter chocolate flavors really take over the mouth & stay awhile. The huge, chocolatey finish features big, ripe, building tannins.

18Jancis Robinson

A stony, mineral undertow on the nose but with lovely lift and haunting scents too.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.