Leoville Las Cases 2008

Leoville Las Cases 2008

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  • Vinous rating 96
  • Robert Parker rating 95
  • Jane Anson rating 94
  • Jancis Robinson rating 18
Leoville Las Cases 2008
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HED90657

75 cl

13.5%
£200.00
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Château Léoville-Las Cases is one of Saint-Julien’s major players, consistently producing superb Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wines. Ranked as a Second Growth in the 1855 Classification of the Médoc and Graves, the estate boasts 98 hectares of vineyards, where the vines are on average 40 years old. The 2008 is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. A medium to full-bodied wine, featuring layers of black fruit, dried herbs, cassis, a touch of charcoal and mint, leading to a savoury finish.
96 Vinous
The 2008 Léoville Las Cases has a backward, broody, earthy bouquet with intense tobacco and graphite aromas, more like a Pauillac than a Saint Julien, no surprise given that it lies on the border. The palate is very impressive: layers of tobacco-tinged black fruit, sea salt and graphite. This is very precise and harmonious with a persistent and multi-layered finish that leaves you mightily impressed. (Tasted at BI Wine & Spirit’s annual 10-Year On tasting.)Neal Martin1st February 2018
94 Jane Anson
Great to taste this alongside the other two names from this trilogy of St Juliens that once formed the vast Lionville estate. In 1855, Las Cases was owned by Théodore Galhaud, a prominent Bordeaux wine merchant. It's right on brand in 2008, muscular and brooding, and a little reserved, needs serious coaxing, and I would give two to three hours in a carafe to uncurl those bilberry and blackcurrant fruits that sit alongside pencil lead, cigar box, slate, all thos classic St Julien signatures that this property delivers so consistently. 50% new oak, Delon family owners in 2017 (as they had been throughout the 20th century).Jane Anson1st June 2025
18 Jancis Robinson
Extremely deep blackish crimson. Spicy oak on the nose – very intense. Then amazingly opulent on the nose. Round and dense and dramatic. Like a cross between mulberries and tarmacadam. The Cabernets were naturally more than 13% apparently. Real excitement. Neat though not extraordinarily long finish. Still very, very youthful. The finish is very dry and brooding but much more supple than some earlier vintages. (JR)

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A First Class Second Growth

The illustrious 2ème Cru Classé property, Château Léoville Las Cases, has cemented its reputation as one of the most consistent producers of exceptional quality wines in the Saint Julien appellation in Bordeaux. Spanning 98ha, the estate produces its celebrated first wine - a Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend - in addition to a second wine from young vines, Le Petit Lion. These stellar reds are renowned for their structure and longevity and are produced from the beating heart of the estate, on deep, well-draining gravel soils.

Two further wines are made from a separate site, situated further back from the river with more sandy-gravels: Clos de Marquis and Petite Marquise. The key varietals that make up these powerful red wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

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