{"product_id":"chateau-leoville-las-cases","title":"Château Léoville Las Cases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Julien AOC, Bordeaux, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape: \u003c\/strong\u003eCabernet Sauvignon \/ Merlot \/ Cabernet Franc\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChâteau Léoville Las Cases is one of the great \"Super Seconds\" of Bordeaux — classified a Deuxième Cru in 1855, but consistently made and priced at First Growth level. The estate sits at the northern edge of Saint-Julien, where its walled Grand Enclos vineyard shares the same gravel bank as Château Latour, separated only by a stream. The Delon family have owned and run it since the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCabernet Sauvignon-dominant and famously structured, Las Cases is a wine of quiet authority: dark, deep, tightly wound in youth, drinking on a fifteen- to fifty-year arc. Blackcurrant, cedar, pencil shavings and graphite are the hallmarks, framed by fine-grained tannins and the mineral austerity of Saint-Julien's greatest terroir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage 2003:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux's hottest vintage on record. 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc — a blend the Delons rescued through the estate's deep gravel soils and the cooling proximity of the Gironde. More open and fleshy than a classic Las Cases, showing cassis, pencil lead, chocolate, violet and chalky minerality, with ripe velvety tannins. Drinking beautifully now and holding through the mid-2030s. Widely considered one of the finest wines of a difficult vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blackcurrant \/ Black cherry \/ Pencil shaving \/ Cedar \/ Violet \/ Bitter chocolate \/ Ripe velvety tannins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePairing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cote de Boeuf \/ Wagyu Tomahawk \/ Beef Wellington \/ Slow Braised Lamb Shoulder \/ Aged Comté\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVol:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens:\u003c\/strong\u003e Contains sulphites\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BORDEAUX INDEX","offers":[{"title":"2003","offer_id":56096662684033,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/0862\/0858\/files\/C07006_Chateau_Leoville_Las_Cases_2eme_Cru_Classe_St_Julien.jpg?v=1786621821","url":"https:\/\/www.fineandwild.com\/products\/chateau-leoville-las-cases","provider":"FINE \u0026 WILD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}