Tasting Notes
酒評 |
The 2014 Léoville-Las Cases is a blend of mostly Cabernet
Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, cropped at 33
hectoliters per hectare and matured in 85% new oak. There
is 6.8% vin de presse this year. Picked between 30
September and 13 October over 12 days. It has a delectable
bouquet with very precise, mineral-rich black fruit infused
with oyster shell, which appears to be a leitmotif of Jean-
Huber Delon's 2014s! The palate is medium-bodied with
wondrous purity and tension, the acidity beautifully poised
and imparting the palpable sense of energy from start to
finish. Where it really excels is on the finish: exquisite
structure, very complex with enormous persistence that
lingers for more than a minute. Surely the wine of the
appellation, ditto one of the best Left Bank 2014s.
Score: 96, Neal Martin,
Wine Advocate (Interim En), April 2017
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