Château Léoville-Las-Cases

Saint-Julien 2005

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  Vintage 2005
  97+ points Wine Advocate Jr

This is a prodigious effort. A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Merlot and Cabernet Franc (only 37% of the crop qualified for Las Cases), this dense ruby/purple wine has a stunningly pure bouquet of dark fruit, wet rocks, graphite, and subtle background toast/vanillin. Full-bodied, masculine, and very deep and concentrated, this titanic effort is at least 8-10 years away from its plateau of maturity. The Delon family have produced another legend. Anticipated maturity: 2023-2050+.

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  Vintage 2005
  93 points The Real Review

A stylish wine, a typical Las Cases, elegant and dignified, restrained but quietly intense, with pinpoint fruit ripeness and generous classy oak treatment. At 13 years, it's still young and has many years in front of it.