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Producer:	Chateau Leoville Las Cases


Appellation:	Bordeaux St Julien


Featured Wine (s):	Grand vin du Marquis de Leoville Las Cases Clos du Marquis

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Journal entries: Date, Wine, Rating, Price, Comments

Chateau Grand vin du Marquis de Leoville Las Cases St Julien Bordeaux 1985 WS98/94/91/90 (4 reviews) RP 93 RM 93 $85 Tapped this perennial favorite from the cellar, signature wine for son Sean (see my interview), celebrating his last night at home before heading off to ISU. Dark colour, intense aroma, full flavor of plum, cherry, tar, cassis, and anise with a long finish. Classic Las Cases - and one of my favorite elegant labels.

Chateau Leoville Las Cases St Julien 1993

Oct 19, 2002 - Chateau Leoville Las Cases St Julien 1993 (RM86) ($33 futures release price) An off-vintage in Bordeaux renders this wine 'affordable' considering the $85 release price for the recent vintage. Look for some bordeaux 'bargains' right though now due to the recent plentiful harvests and ample supply. Even in an 'off' year that noteable bordeaux bouquet and perfume flavor experience come through the dark berry, smoky leather threads. A ten year old, this wine needs to breath and open up before it is approachable. One of my favorite labels - classic, aristocratic, formal.

July 29, 2002 - 1999 Clos du Marquis St Julien Bordeaux RM WS 89 $20-23 Berry and cedar with herbal finish. Medium bodied with soft tannins. Second label of perennial favorite Leoville Las Cases. Bordeaux are plentiful now and prices have retreated such they're approaching reasonable due to bountiful crops in 99, 2000 and now 2001.

Dec 11, 2001 - 1993 Chateau Grand vin de Leoville Las Cases St Julien Bordeaux

June 13, 2001 - Chateau Leoville Las Cases St. Julien 1988 (Label) Classic perfume and floral scents - polished and balanced - dark cherry and soft oak. Too fancy a wine for a weeknight but I'm celebrating my appearance in Spectator on my birthday!

Dec 23, 2000 - 1993 Leoville Las Cases St Julien Bordeaux $50+ (RM88) (Label) Light but polished perfume of berry, plum, mushrooms - just like the 1970 vintage.

~ July 1995 - Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Bordeaux 1970 WS 87/89 WS May 15, 1993 Review - "Deep garnet; concentrated cedar and tar nose, with hints of volatile acidity; very concentrated, with chewy cassis and cedar flavors; short of its peak; promising". This is one of the classiest and one of my favorites of the 'classic' wine Labels.

~ June 1988 - Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Bordeaux 1982 - WS95 RP100 WS Review from Nov 30, 1998, "A racy, classy, silky wine. Inky-ruby color. Black cherry, mineral and wet earth aromas. Medium-bodied, with very silky tannins and a long, superfine finish. Has always been excellent.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2000". (JS) This is one of the classiest and one of my favorites of the 'classic' wine Labels.

~ 1978 - Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Bordeaux 1964 - WS 88 Feb 15, 1992 WS Review said, " Soft and supple, not as generous as one might expect from a highly regarded vintage for Las Cases, but showing nice cigar-box, cedar and truffle overtones to the modest currant and berry flavors.--Léoville Las Cases vertical. Drink now. (HS)" This was one of the first serious bottles of wine I ever had that enlightened or awakened me to something extraordinary, more than just grapejuice! Drank this with Sonny M. my earliest 'wine mentor'. This is one of the classiest and one of my favorites of the 'classic' wine Labels.