The 2014 Léoville Las-Cases has a (typically) more introverted, tertiary, austere bouquet compared to the Léoville Barton. Despite coaxing it does not possess much lift – sullen, a wine with a "Closed" sign dangling on the front door. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, solid with a sweet core, nicely proportion but just not quite conveying the same joie-de-vivre and energy as its peers. "Perhaps it is saving everything for later?" are the words I penned before this wine's identity is revealed...well, I should have known. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, March 2018)
The 2014 Léoville Las-Cases has a (typically) more introverted, tertiary, austere bouquet compared to the Léoville Barton. Despite coaxing it does not possess much lift – sullen, a wine with a "Closed" sign dangling on the front door. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, solid with a sweet core, nicely proportion but just not quite conveying the same joie-de-vivre and energy as its peers. "Perhaps it is saving everything for later?" are the words I penned before this wine's identity is revealed...well, I should have known. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, March 2018)
1 person found it helpfulMar 28th, 2018
Lots of promise, great on the nose, but the tannin clamps down hard right now. It has a bright future but isn’t there yet.
Lots of promise, great on the nose, but the tannin clamps down hard right now. It has a bright future but isn’t there yet.
Jan 9th, 2025
Bright fruit, tart acidity. A little too young, insufficient body and tannin.
Bright fruit, tart acidity. A little too young, insufficient body and tannin.
Jan 6th, 2018
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
