A matter of taste 2024 (Kongresshalle, Zürich): *** Brief notes from wine fair, primarily for my own memory *** Glass: Stölzle Universal Of course way too young, but already approachable. Lots of primary warm fruit, round, balanced and elegant, beautiful texture, long. Needs another decade to fully shine. 94+
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Immediately upon opening, the 2017 Léoville Las Cases shows characteristic Las Cases mixed blueberry, cassis, and raspberry with a fresh mineral petrichor element. Then it closes down hard, beginning to (begrudgingly) open back up 12 hours later. But during those moments of clarity and articulation, it seems clear that there's a very fine young Las Cases here with good depth for the vintage and a classic style. I can imagine this as a Las Cases somewhat akin to the 1985; a slightly more elegant rendition than usual.
79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot harvested between September 15 and October 4 with an ABV of 13.28% and a pH of 3.72.
93-95
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Dark purple in the glass. Relatively restrained nose - little bit herbal, menthol, and black fruited. High acid and high, blocky tannins. Bit hot on the palate; not overly generous. Struggle to say much about the fruit other than that it was about 80/20 weighted black/red. This is much too young and isn't ready yet; the fruit just seems to be in a bit of an akward spot, for my taste. I'm sure it'll be brilliant in time. 91+++
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Deep ruby colored. Intense nose with lots of dark berries, mocha and some tobacco. Cassis, blackberries, blueberries, dark plum, soft earthy notes and nice fresh herbal notes on the palate. Medium (+) bodied with a medium intense acidity. Firm tannins, which need more time to integrate. Incredible depth and complexity, multiple fruit layers - astonishing. Very dense and dark structure. In the moment this is a big, fruit driven wine but with some more time it will balance out. Very long and beautiful finish. Wow, what a lovely classic left bank Bordeaux with a lot of soul and energy. It’s too young but I’m sure that it will be a future legend. 95 points for now, with 10-15 years of age 98+ is possible. Drink 2026 - 2045. (IG)
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Really deep, intense and concentrated with beautiful dense fresh fruit of the most delicious black currants, blackberries and hints of cassis as supporters. Great layer with deep gravel, fiery flowers, perfume, leather, licorice, tobacco and stable in the background. Beautifully full-bodied and fresh wine with a wonderful energetic mouthfeel of clear black currants, blackberries, purple fruit peel, tobacco tone, espresso, hints of fresh blood and hints of herbal green tone on a long and complex finish. Lovely acidity and very good tannin structure. Fabulous Las Cases for the next 30 years. 96 points.
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Brimming with energy on the nose, a real lift to the aromas. Cedary and classic; builds nicely on the palate, good spread of fruit. Nicely judged tannins. Pretty impressive and a nice background note of top quality oak running alongside. Evidently quite young and needs time for that oak to be subsumed but it’s clearly a very classy wine. Long.
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Tasted after 2017 Clos du Marquis. Quite muted on the nose, brooding fruit, lots of depth, hints of spices, mocha, crushed stones, earth. On the palate impressively structured - powerful but ripe tannins, lots of dark fruit, minerality, freshness. Everything is balanced, in harmony. Very long and vibrant finish. Superb. 96-97+
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It is not often you can use the word fruity to describe Leoville Las Cases but it is certainly fitting for 2017. Yes, the wine is fruity! And in addition you’ll find complexities of licorice, cigar box and lead pencil with tannins so refined it’s almost precocious. The fruit is airy and bright with a sweetness that carries through from start to finish. This is the perfect vintage to enjoy while waiting for the bigger, more tannic vintages to come around. The wine was made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, reaching 13.28% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. The harvest took place from September 15 to October 4 and the wine was made from 60% of the harvest.
It is not often you can use the word fruity to describe Leoville Las Cases but it is certainly fitting for 2017. Yes, the wine is fruity! And in addition you’ll find complexities of licorice, cigar box and lead pencil with tannins so refined it’s almost precocious. The fruit is airy and bright with a sweetness that carries through from start to finish. This is the perfect vintage to enjoy while waiting for the bigger, more tannic vintages to come around.
The wine was made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, reaching 13.28% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. The harvest took place from September 15 to October 4 and the wine was made from 60% of the harvest.
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3/2/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
A matter of taste 2024 (Kongresshalle, Zürich): *** Brief notes from wine fair, primarily for my own memory ***
Glass: Stölzle Universal
Of course way too young, but already approachable. Lots of primary warm fruit, round, balanced and elegant, beautiful texture, long. Needs another decade to fully shine. 94+
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1/14/2024 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points
Immediately upon opening, the 2017 Léoville Las Cases shows characteristic Las Cases mixed blueberry, cassis, and raspberry with a fresh mineral petrichor element. Then it closes down hard, beginning to (begrudgingly) open back up 12 hours later. But during those moments of clarity and articulation, it seems clear that there's a very fine young Las Cases here with good depth for the vintage and a classic style. I can imagine this as a Las Cases somewhat akin to the 1985; a slightly more elegant rendition than usual.
79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot harvested between September 15 and October 4 with an ABV of 13.28% and a pH of 3.72.
93-95
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10/25/2023 - Jamieson12o wrote: 91 Points
Dark purple in the glass. Relatively restrained nose - little bit herbal, menthol, and black fruited. High acid and high, blocky tannins. Bit hot on the palate; not overly generous. Struggle to say much about the fruit other than that it was about 80/20 weighted black/red. This is much too young and isn't ready yet; the fruit just seems to be in a bit of an akward spot, for my taste. I'm sure it'll be brilliant in time. 91+++
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10/21/2022 - Bigdong wrote: 96 Points
NYC, very smooth
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1/7/2022 - DrZett wrote: 95 Points
Deep ruby colored. Intense nose with lots of dark berries, mocha and some tobacco. Cassis, blackberries, blueberries, dark plum, soft earthy notes and nice fresh herbal notes on the palate. Medium (+) bodied with a medium intense acidity. Firm tannins, which need more time to integrate. Incredible depth and complexity, multiple fruit layers - astonishing. Very dense and dark structure. In the moment this is a big, fruit driven wine but with some more time it will balance out. Very long and beautiful finish.
Wow, what a lovely classic left bank Bordeaux with a lot of soul and energy. It’s too young but I’m sure that it will be a future legend. 95 points for now, with 10-15 years of age 98+ is possible. Drink 2026 - 2045. (IG)
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11/23/2020 - Andre Brattland wrote: 96 Points
Really deep, intense and concentrated with beautiful dense fresh fruit of the most delicious black currants, blackberries and hints of cassis as supporters. Great layer with deep gravel, fiery flowers, perfume, leather, licorice, tobacco and stable in the background. Beautifully full-bodied and fresh wine with a wonderful energetic mouthfeel of clear black currants, blackberries, purple fruit peel, tobacco tone, espresso, hints of fresh blood and hints of herbal green tone on a long and complex finish. Lovely acidity and very good tannin structure. Fabulous Las Cases for the next 30 years. 96 points.
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9/16/2020 - vespasian wrote:
Brimming with energy on the nose, a real lift to the aromas. Cedary and classic; builds nicely on the palate, good spread of fruit. Nicely judged tannins. Pretty impressive and a nice background note of top quality oak running alongside. Evidently quite young and needs time for that oak to be subsumed but it’s clearly a very classy wine. Long.
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7/4/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 97 Points
Tasted after 2017 Clos du Marquis. Quite muted on the nose, brooding fruit, lots of depth, hints of spices, mocha, crushed stones, earth. On the palate impressively structured - powerful but ripe tannins, lots of dark fruit, minerality, freshness. Everything is balanced, in harmony. Very long and vibrant finish. Superb. 96-97+
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7/4/2018 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Berry Brothers 2017 Bordeaux en primeur (plus back vintages) Lindley Hall, London (Lindley Hall, London): Ruby red, lovely acidity, very promising 93-95
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4/26/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
It is not often you can use the word fruity to describe Leoville Las Cases but it is certainly fitting for 2017. Yes, the wine is fruity! And in addition you’ll find complexities of licorice, cigar box and lead pencil with tannins so refined it’s almost precocious. The fruit is airy and bright with a sweetness that carries through from start to finish. This is the perfect vintage to enjoy while waiting for the bigger, more tannic vintages to come around. The wine was made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, reaching 13.28% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. The harvest took place from September 15 to October 4 and the wine was made from 60% of the harvest.
It is not often you can use the word fruity to describe Leoville Las Cases but it is certainly fitting for 2017. Yes, the wine is fruity! And in addition you’ll find complexities of licorice, cigar box and lead pencil with tannins so refined it’s almost precocious. The fruit is airy and bright with a sweetness that carries through from start to finish. This is the perfect vintage to enjoy while waiting for the bigger, more tannic vintages to come around.
The wine was made from a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, reaching 13.28% alcohol with a pH of 3.72. The harvest took place from September 15 to October 4 and the wine was made from 60% of the harvest.
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