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1997 Château Léoville Las Cases
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Label borrowed from 1998
Label borrowed from 1996
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Community Tasting Notes 107
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Texas Corkscrew Likes this wine: 95 points
February 11, 2024 - Decanted it about 1.5 hours before serving. It was outstanding! Deep, complex, good fruit, well balanced, a wonderful Bordeaux. Note this was not considered a good year and this wine only received 90 points by WA & WS and was supposed to be early drinking, consume by 2014. I strongly suggest the "experts" re-evaluate this gorgeous wine!
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Tobinski wrote: flawed
December 11, 2023 - OMG #105 (Ann Arbor, MI): Corked
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Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 points
March 5, 2022 - Académie des Cinquante Claret Tasting (Restaurant Rijsel, Amsterdam, NL): Tasted semi-blind. Clearly Cabernet-Sauvignon dominated, gravelly warmth, apparent Saint-Julien or Pauillac terroir, firm but well integrated tannins, masculine style, good length, dry but perfumed finish. Classical. A resounding success for the vintage. Seems to be going from strength to strength.
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Oliverl1 Likes this wine: 89 points
November 11, 2021 - Excellent fill level. Decanted 3 hours. Enjoyable wine. Not outstanding, but enjoyable. Definitely past its prime, but still very good. Probably should have had this about 5-10 years ago. Drink up!
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rikipedia Likes this wine: 93 points
September 11, 2021 - Mid garnet to bricking rim.
A classic savoury bouquet of moist earth, undergrowth, marmite and smoked herbs opens to graphite, dried thyme and moments of black fruit. Intense. A very smooth entry with gentle acidity and supple, rounded texture, the wine shows chocolate powder and blackcurrant along with its savoury nuances. Firmer tannins give a structural frame and definition but are coated in soft chocolate and ripe fruits, with great depth of flavour and good length.
Nicely developed, it hasn't the complexity or layers of a better vintage but is graceful and very drinkable!
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- Vintage 1997
- 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 0400009603446, 087000346253, 1000000000211, 400003972579, 639737585575
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,225 (55%)
- Consumed 984 (45%)
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Drank on its own (preceded by dinner with Mum - steak & chips :-)Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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