Château Léoville Las Cases - St.-Julien 2009 (750ml)
Price: $415.00
| Producer | Château Léoville Las Cases |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Sku | 191150 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 98+ Points
The 2009 Leoville Las Cases may be the most open-knit and forward Las Cases I have tasted to date. Analytically it is high in tannin and the alcohol is 13.8% nearly a record at this estate. This blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon 15% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc was showing brilliantly at the 2009 tasting I did in Hong Kong and at a later tasting. It boasts an inky/purple color monumental concentration and lots of sweet jammy black currant black cherry and kirsch fruit intermixed with crushed rock and mineral notes. As always proprietor Jean-Hubert Delon has built a massive wine with exceptional precision unbelievable purity and aging potential of 40-50 years. I was surprised by the lusciousness of this cuvee on several occasions and how much more forward it is given the fact that Las Cases can often be forebodingly backward and in need of 10-15 years of cellaring (at age 30 the 1982 is still a baby in terms of development!). The super-concentrated 2009 needs another 5-7 years before additional nuances emerge. This is a brilliant full-throttle St.-Julien.
Wine Spectator: 98 Points
This is gorgeously layered with cassis bush anise roasted fig and plum reduction notes all framed by racy espresso and graphite. Very deep and very long with terrific intensity on the finish thanks to razor cut from the seemingly endless iron spine. With its purity and precision this mineral-driven Cabernet should cruise for two decades.
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2009 Léoville Las-Cases simply delivers on the nose with intense blackberry wild hedgerow graphite and crushed stone aromas on the nose. You would put this down as a Pauillac if served blind unsurprising given that it borders that appellation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin silky smooth in texture with immense depth. It is blessed with quite brilliant delineation and the precision on the finish is magnificent. Chapeau Mon. Delon. Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits Ten Year On tasting.
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