Château Léoville Las Cases - Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé)

Château Léoville Las CasesSaint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé)

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Léoville Las Cases is a red wine from the region of Saint-Julien of Bordeaux.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) of the Château Léoville Las Cases is in the top 5 of wines of Saint-Julien.

Taste structure of the Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) from the Château Léoville Las Cases

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Léoville Las Cases in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

tobacco, oak

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with spices taste

licorice, pepper

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet, perfume

Wine with vegetal taste

bell pepper, grass

On the nose the Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) of Château Léoville Las Cases in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, vegetal or hibiscus and sometimes also flavors of bramble, menthol or black olive.

Details and technical informations about Château Léoville Las Cases's Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé).

Winemaker
Clos du Marquis
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2018
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2017
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2016
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2015
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2014
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2013
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) - 2012
In the top 5 of of Saint-Julien wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) from Château Léoville Las Cases are 1968, 1960, 1982, 2016 and 2015.

Informations about the Château Léoville Las Cases

The winery offers 6 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This winery is part of the Domaines Delon.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Saint-Julien in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Léoville Las Cases is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Saint-Julien to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 300 of of France wines
In the top 3 of of Saint-Julien wines
In the top 1500 of red wines
In the top 2000 wines of the world

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.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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