2016 Château Léoville Las Cases

Community Tasting Notes (39) Avg Score: 97.9 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View englishman's claret's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/9/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 97 Points

  The 2016 Léoville Las Cases is eons away from maturity, but it offers such clear promise. The nose here is totally classical, slightly strict but entirely enveloping, full of cassis with blackberry and a little raspberry alongside, further freshened by pencil and sea salt. Masses of cool fruit fill the mouth with a commensurate amount of tannin and enlivening acid (pH 3.66). The 13.6% ABV isn’t really palpable in the mouth or on the finish, which displays admirable length. It’s easy to draw a clear line between this, the 2010, the 1986, and the 1959.
  
  75% CS, 14% M, 11% CF harvested September 30 - October 16.
  
  96-98 points (+?)

  10 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View havana4 🍾🍇's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/30/2023 - havana4 🍾🍇 wrote: 89 Points

  1 hour decant. Never really opened up at all. Drank over the course of 2 hours. slightly acidic and out of balance. Not a lot of structure. Fruits not delineated but instead very faint. Finish extremely short. Like this is just closing down now for awhile. But I have 7 more bottles so we will check back in a year and see if consistent with this note.

  3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (8)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View rmcnees's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/17/2023 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Dark blackish garnet colored, medium full bodied, impeccably polished and elegant, flawless, concentrated but nicely integrated dark berry fruits with subtle notes of cassis, graphite, black tea and dark chocolate with smooth polished tannins on the lingering finish. Give it time to integrate and open up further!
  https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2023/01/celebration-dinner-features-top-rated.html

  5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Bert Camem's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/24/2022 - Bert Camem Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Knowing it would be too young, I couldn't resist opening a bottle. With about two hours decanting it was not a disappointment. Yes way too young given what it promises, but most definitely approachable and if you have a few, worth opening one now. Quite acidic, but I'm sure this will soften. Elegant and concentrated. Closed but enough flavour there to enjoy. Despite its very dark colour, it has a core of tangy/ripe red fruit that has a lovely freshness and purity. First growth quality at a fraction of the price. I think this will be stunning when it is ready.

  10 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View beatles's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/5/2022 - beatles wrote: 98 Points

  Out of this world; a truly great Bordeaux. Vertical, chalky, powerful as a tight fist with a concentrated, yet so relaxed fruit. Too young? Of course it is, still you can drink this, if you like, it's world class.
  #ROCA Mas Marroch

  9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

View all 39 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.