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2000 Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

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2000
Château Léoville Las Cases  (St. Julien)
96
Concentrated, deep, full-bodied, regal, and complex, the wine retains its youthful edge, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Slowly, but surely, the tannins are beginning to subside, and you also find more secondary nuances of tobacco leaf, tar, smoke, wet forest, and spice. The finish is long and expansive. 1 hour in the decanter adds a lot to the wine. Drink from 2025-2065.

Concentrated, deep, full-bodied, regal, and complex, the wine retains its youthful edge, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Slowly, but surely, the tannins are beginning to subside, and you also find more secondary nuances of tobacco leaf, tar, smoke, wet forest, and spice. The finish is long and expansive. 1 hour in the decanter adds a lot to the wine. Drink from 2025-2065.

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Stubbornly hanging on to its adolescence, the wine is firm, fresh, bright, chewy, and full-bodied. Still tight, yet, there is no denying the potential here, with its layers of spicy red currants, cedar, tobacco, cigar box, and earth. It is probably going to take until 2030 for this to be civilized. At that point, my score could look conservative.

Stubbornly hanging on to its adolescence, the wine is firm, fresh, bright, chewy, and full-bodied. Still tight, yet, there is no denying the potential here, with its layers of spicy red currants, cedar, tobacco, cigar box, and earth. It is probably going to take until 2030 for this to be civilized. At that point, my score could look conservative.

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This could be one of the few great vintages of Leoville Las Cases that drinks well young. It's already starting to offer up blackberry, cassis, earth and tobacco notes. The wine is deep, complex, classy and classic. Tasted blind, it showed great. With a few more years, it will be even better!

This could be one of the few great vintages of Leoville Las Cases that drinks well young. It's already starting to offer up blackberry, cassis, earth and tobacco notes. The wine is deep, complex, classy and classic. Tasted blind, it showed great. With a few more years, it will be even better!

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Cedar wood, gravel, cassis, licorice, cocoa, tobacco, blackberry and smoke aromatics lead to a big, dense, masculine, powerful, tannic, pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. Still tight, tannic and compacted, it demands at least another decade of sleep.

Cedar wood, gravel, cassis, licorice, cocoa, tobacco, blackberry and smoke aromatics lead to a big, dense, masculine, powerful, tannic, pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. Still tight, tannic and compacted, it demands at least another decade of sleep.

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This kicks into high gear with a perfume of truffle, smoke, tobacco, cassis, spice and blackberry. This very concentrated, dense, full bodied wine is still tannic and demands another 10-15 years before opening up.

This kicks into high gear with a perfume of truffle, smoke, tobacco, cassis, spice and blackberry. This very concentrated, dense, full bodied wine is still tannic and demands another 10-15 years before opening up.

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When to Drink Chateau Leoville Las Cases, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time

Chateau Leoville Las Cases is not a wine to drink on the young side. The wine is usually far too tannic, powerful, and reserved during its youth. Young vintages can be decanted for an average of 3-6 hours, give or take.

This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment.

Chateau Leoville Las Cases is usually better with at least 15 years of bottle age. Of course, that can vary slightly, depending on the vintage character. Chateau Latour offers its best drinking and should reach peak maturity between 20-50 years of age after the vintage.

Serving Chateau Leoville Las Cases with Wine, Food, Pairing Tips

Leoville Las Cases is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.

Chateau Leoville Las Cases is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Leoville Las Cases is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta as well as cheeses.

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