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Red
1988 Château Léoville Las Cases
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Label borrowed from 1989
Label borrowed from 1989
Label borrowed from 1989
Community Tasting Notes 236
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Patrick_from_champagne Likes this wine: 95 points
March 29, 2024 - Amazing, it loos at least 10 years younger
Delicate, deep, complex
very elegant and strict at first, excellet -
johnh1001 wrote: 93 points
March 29, 2024 - Impressive herbaceous smokey dark fruit with a sleek and glossy texture. Really nice.
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 points
January 12, 2024 - My WOTN, but the ‘00 will eventually eclipse this. Beautiful dusty nose. Green pepper, blackberry, black cherry, library leather palate. Only thing holding back a higher score is a somewhat short finish vs the ‘00. 94
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RichEB1 Likes this wine: 94 points
December 26, 2023 - Just classic, well made Bordeaux at its peak. Beautiful nose of cedar, graphite, and red fruits. On the palate this is really, really nice, with pencil shavings, more cedar, and dark cherries. Tannins are fully integrated and it's in a sweet spot where the fruit and secondary characteristics are dancing together seamlessly. I'm sure this can hold for a long time, but for my tastes, I'd suggest drinking now.
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d'Artagnan wrote: 93 points
December 22, 2023 - Dîner de Noël des anciens C&S (Restaurant Bagatelle): Nez racé, rapidement situé en Bordeaux rive gauche. La bouche est droite et très classique, je pensais à un Pauillac 1996. À bien y penser, il avait ce côté austère noble du millésime, avec un super équilibre, une fraicheur adéquate. Très bon. 93 pts
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By James Suckling
1/12/2021 (link)(Château Léoville Las Cases St.-Julien, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
1986 & 1988 St-Julien, 5/1/2019 (link)(Château Léoville-Las Cases, St-Julien, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Bordeaux Overflow, 10/15/2018 (link)(Leoville Las Cases Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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A Century of Bordeaux: The Eights (May 2018), 5/18/2018 (link)(Léoville Las-cases Léoville Las Cases Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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By Richard Jennings
9/6/2012 (link) 92 points(Château Léoville Las Cases) Bricked medium dark red color; very aromatic, tobacco, cedar, tart currant nose; mature, tart currant, cedar, tobacco, mineral palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Château Léoville Las Cases
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
- UPC Codes 0198172000086, 097985737854, 1000000000211, 370027462885, 649944072355
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 26 (1%)
- In Cellars 1,841 (60%)
- Consumed 1,209 (39%)
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- ProducerChâteau Léoville Las Cases
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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