Tasting Notes
Vinous 95+
Bright ruby-red. Vibrant nose combines black and blue fruits, lead pencil and crushed-stone minerality, with a note of kirsch emerging with air. Utterly silky in texture yet extremely backward, with a medicinal quality keeping the penetrating dark berry flavors under wraps today. But with a powerful impression of tangy energy, a superb spine of saline minerality, and an extremely long, lively, firmly tannic finish, this classic Las Cases should be a knockout with 12 or 15 years in the bottle.
Robert Parker 97
Composed of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, the deep garnet colored 2010 Leoville Las Cases delivers tons of evolving black fruits on the nose with notes of creme de cassis, prunes and incense plus wafts of cloves, cedar, cigar box and powdered cinnamon. Full-bodied, rich, bold and decadently fruited, it has a solid frame of grainy tannins, and the oak is faintly notable on the palate. It finishes impressively with long-lingering mineral notes. This one probably needs 3-5 more years to really hit its stride!
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2060
JancisRobinson.com 16
Tasted blind. Youthful colour. And youthful aroma of vanilla-laced sweet fruits. Ton of oak spice. Oaky and a bit severe on the palate. Oak has beaten the fruit into submission but I think the fruit is there. Sweet-sour finish. I re-tasted this after the unveiling, and knowing how long this wine takes to come round, I raised my score but only by half a point. It really is pretty tough right now. (JH)
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2028
