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Chateau Leoville Las Cases

1988 Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

France Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Bordeaux Saint-Julien 2eme Cru Classe 750ML

Wine Advocate

94

Vinous

89
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1988 Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien
Chateau Leoville Las Cases

1988 Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

France Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Bordeaux Saint-Julien 2eme Cru Classe 750ML

Wine Advocate

94

Vinous

89
/
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  • Top Shoulder, Stained Label, Nicked Capsule, Perfect Color

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

94

I have drunk two bottles of the 1988 Léoville Las Cases this year, and both showed brilliantly, offering up deep aromas of cassis, cigar wrapper and sweet soil tones, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless and velvety palate that has shed its youthful austerity to offer real charm and plenitude. Lively and penetrating, it surpasses the 1989 in quality.

Vinous

Vinous

89

The 1988 Léoville Las-Cases is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot (this bottled had been re-corked at the property in 2014). This was a late harvest that began on 4 October and lasted for 12 days. This seems to have matured on the nose since I last tasted it in 2011, more secondary aromas - undergrowth, mushroom and hickory infusing the black fruit. It feels a little rustic now. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannin, a little dry in the mouth, the fruit having ebbed away in the last few years. I have fonder memories of this in the 1990s and 2000s. There is still a presence here but it feels as if it is drying out on the finish. I felt that this Second Growth was a little inconsistent around this era, especially compared to nowadays. Tasted at the château.

What the Critics are Saying

The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

94

I have drunk two bottles of the 1988 Léoville Las Cases this year, and both showed brilliantly, offering up deep aromas of cassis, cigar wrapper and sweet soil tones, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless and velvety palate that has shed its youthful austerity to offer real charm and plenitude. Lively and penetrating, it surpasses the 1989 in quality.

Vinous

Vinous

89

The 1988 Léoville Las-Cases is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot (this bottled had been re-corked at the property in 2014). This was a late harvest that began on 4 October and lasted for 12 days. This seems to have matured on the nose since I last tasted it in 2011, more secondary aromas - undergrowth, mushroom and hickory infusing the black fruit. It feels a little rustic now. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannin, a little dry in the mouth, the fruit having ebbed away in the last few years. I have fonder memories of this in the 1990s and 2000s. There is still a presence here but it feels as if it is drying out on the finish. I felt that this Second Growth was a little inconsistent around this era, especially compared to nowadays. Tasted at the château.