3/5

fruit

4/5

body

3/5

acidity

4/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Leoville Las Cases

2012 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Black fruit / Graphite / Mineral / Oaky / Rich / Structured

Saint Julien, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Drink Now/Cellar

2nd Growth

VN 93 WE 96

Tobacco, cedar wood, blackberries and fresh herbs create the nose. On the palate, the wine delivers a classic blast of fresh, concentrated, cassis, salty, mineral driven tannins and a chewy, long, cassis filled finish. This will be better with a decade of age. - JEFF LEVE, THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER

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meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Antonio Galloni

The 2012 Léoville-Las-Cases offers lovely up front voluptuousness, something I am almost shocked to write about one of the Left Bank's most notoriously slow agers. Sweet red cherry, dried flowers and pipe tobacco scents meld into a translucent, mid-weight Las Cases that should drink relatively early by this wine's standard. The silky finish only adds to the wine's considerable early appeal. The blend is 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc.

3/5