The Château Léoville Las Cases of Saint-Julien of Bordeaux

Château Léoville Las Cases - Château du Grand Parc Saint-Julien
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This estate is part of the Domaines Delon.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Julien in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Léoville Las Cases is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Saint-Julien to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Léoville Las Cases wines

Looking for the best Château Léoville Las Cases wines in Saint-Julien among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Léoville Las Cases wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Léoville Las Cases wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Léoville Las Cases

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Léoville Las Cases

How Château Léoville Las Cases wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), lamb curry or aiguillette of duck normandy style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Léoville Las Cases

On the nose the red wine of Château Léoville Las Cases. often reveals types of flavors of iron, bell pepper or apples and sometimes also flavors of dried leaves, pencil lead or pencil shavings. In the mouth the red wine of Château Léoville Las Cases. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Léoville Las Cases

  • 1968With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1960With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.59/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.57/5
  • 1991With an average score of 4.56/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Léoville Las Cases.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Julien

The wine region of Saint-Julien is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Léoville Las Cases or the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Julien are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Julien often reveals types of flavors of cream, almonds or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of potpourri, blackcurrant jam or allspice.

In the mouth of Saint-Julien is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 110 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Julien, producing 161 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Julien go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Léoville Las Cases

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Julien? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Léoville Las Cases.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Léoville Las Cases and wines from the region

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

‘Exceptional’ Lafleur 2021 released en primeur

Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...

Domaines Henri Martin – the spirit of family and terroir

The story of Domaines Henri Martin is that of a family business founded on a shared commitment, across generations, to produce wines with character, true to the quality of the exceptional vineyards and the history of the iconic estates they hail from. Descending from a family rooted in the Médoc for more than 300 years, Henri Martin was well aware of the potential of some of the region’s finest parcels. Motivated by this belief and by a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he accomplished something q ...

The word of the wine: Decanting

Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.