2014 Château Léoville Las Cases

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 94.3 points

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  3/3/2024 - b swan wrote: 96 Points

  JA, Less exuberant than some of its neighbours, as you might expect, but no less exceptional. Very much in the estate signature, demanding attention but expecting you to wait and pay homage until it is ready to speak. Give it time to unveil its muscular, concentrated cassis and bilberry fruits, puncuated by crushed mint leaf, crayon and liqourice bud. Huge depth through the mid palate, serious, structured, very much in the estate signature, showcasing the idea of it being a wine that is Burdundian in its balance of frustration and delight. Huge potential, but as I said last time I tasted it around a year ago, for now it's not giving much away. 50% new oak.

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  2/3/2024 - Pmysliwi Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Very flavorful, somewhat dry. Decanted for about 2 hrs.

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  8/6/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My first experience with LLC, from the perhaps mixed 2014 vintage. Nowadays it would probably be called “great but heterogeneous” such is the BDX hyperbole these days.
  
  Decantered 2-4 hours, but never really settled. Slightly volatile tang/acidity in what is a fairly pleasant, if unspectacular offering. Will hold my remaining bottle for a few years, but it is not clear to me where this wine goes from here. About 91-93

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  7/22/2023 - Happytoro Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This is too young but has great potential. Super attractive nose of blackberries and blueberries. The palate is still tannic and acidic that overshadows the other goodness. Bottle breathed for 10 hours followed by decanter for 2 hours.

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  5/6/2023 - novocane wrote: 95 Points

  With 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a strong cab dominant left bank, perhaps moreso than normal.
  
  Bottle opened clean. Dark cherries, blackberries and blueberries on the nose. Poured into decanter and did a bit of a power decant. Then let it sit for 45 mins or so. Paired with bbq ribeye. First of the season.
  
  Color is a medium ruby.
  
  From the first sip I was impressed. Fine tannins, medium acid, medium body. Dark tart fruit, leather, tobacco, cocao. Oak is there but integrated. Lingering in the mouth. Pulling you back for more.
  
  First growth quality.
  
  95/100

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