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chateau leoville las cases 2eme cru classe, saint-julien 2006
WINE SPECTATOR
95
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
96

2006 chateau leoville las cases 2eme cru classe, saint-julien

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Why We're Buying

Bordeaux only has 15 second-growth wine estates. Château Léoville-Las Cases is one of them. The château pushes the boundaries of what wine can be, yielding some of the most highly regarded red blends on the Left Bank.

Critics Scores

WINE SPECTATOR
95

Wine Spectator

Offers a pure nose of crushed raspberry and violet, with aniseed. Full-bodied, with beautiful, well-integrated tannins and a long, polished texture to the finish. Very beautiful. Harmonious and structured. Best after 2015.

ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
96

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London and then blind at Farr Vintners horizontal, the 2006 Château Léoville Las-Cases has a very complex bouquet with heady scents of blackcurrant, kirsch, crushed violets, rock salt and just a hint of cassis. It is backward and can barely contain its energy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very symmetrical and poised, a fine line of acidity interwoven through the black fruit, touches of citrus fruit developing towards the poised and tensile finish. This is a beautiful wine from Jean-Hubert Delon, but it needs several years in bottle. Tasted April 2016.

WINE ENTHUSIAST
95

Wine Enthusiast

While the aromas are tight and firm, once it is in the mouth, this wine just explodes. The tannins are dark, almost impenetrable, dry and dense. These tannins are a layer over the fruit that just piles up with ripe blackberry juice, an edge of blueberry. The soft sweetness of this range of flavors continues on the finish, pitted against the tannins.