Grand Vin de Leoville - Marquis de Las Cases Red 2017

Grape

Bordeaux Blend

Tasting notes

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, 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. 

Expert Ratings

96 / 100 - Wine Enthusiast
“The watchword for this wine is style. Tannins underline the fruit. This rich structure, while not losing the swaths of berry flavors and crisp black currants, presents the balance between the ripeness and freshness of the vintage. Drink this wine from 2024.“
- Roger Voss

94 / 100 - Falstaff
“Deep dark ruby, violet glints, faintly lighter at the rim. Finely fragrant nuances of blackberry, cassis, and mild notions of liquorice, mineral touch. Complex, juicy black cherries, ripe tannins that are very well integrated, fresh acidity, lemony, and delicate red berry touches on the finish. A seamlessly and above all vibrant style, with stimulating, delicate chocolate nuanced reverberations.“

96 / 100 - Wine Spectator
96 / 100 - Robert Parker
99 / 100 - Falstaff