“A great wine, with great potential”
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2010 Chateau Leoville Las Cases St.-Julien 750 ml
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A Long-Haul Cellar Selection
In 2010—a 98-point vintage that Robert Parker rated behind only the all-time great 2009—Léoville Las Cases made one of their finest wines ever. It scored a perfect 100 points in Wine Enthusiast, who ranked it as their #21 Cellar Selection of the year, calling it “a great wine, with great potential.”
Léoville Las Cases is revered by Bordeaux enthusiasts because of the winery’s single-minded focus on quality and their old-school, ageworthy style. Their wines are some of the longest-lived on the Left Bank—Jane Anson once pointed out that Las Cases is “known for its ability to age—and then age some more.”
Many of the world’s great wine minds agree that the 1855 classification erred in not granting Léoville Las Cases First Growth status. “If a single wine estate in Bordeaux today were to be promoted to the rank of Premier Cru Classé, Léoville Las Cases would be the choice of most claret connoisseurs,” James Suckling once wrote in Wine Spectator.
Their vineyard—where the gravel beds are up to 10 meters deep—sits at the far northern end of St.-Julien, separated from Pauillac, and Château Latour, by a tiny stream. As a result, Léoville Las Cases combines the classic power of Pauillac with St.-Julien’s trademark poise and austerity. It’s as classic as they come on the Left Bank, and a favorite of collectors around the world.
Léoville Las Cases has certainly earned their reputation for purebred Bordeaux classicism. They still vinify using giant wood casks—some of which are 50 years old—which gently micro-oxygenate the wine during fermentation. This process refined the sometimes-fierce tannins, incorporating them into the graceful but stout structure that allows the wine to age beautifully for decades.