Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2022

Bewertungen

• 100/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  An imposing wine with a great sweep of flavors and tannins. Powerful black currant fruits are allied to the elegance and style for which this wine is always noted. Intense acidity is tempered by richness and balanced by a grandiose structure. This is a wine for the ages. Drink at the very earliest from 2029."

• 100/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  In competition for wine of the vintage, this is the finest Leoville Las Cases ever produced. Majestic on the palate, with layer after layer of perfectly ripe, black with red fruits that start strong, and keep on going. But, what makes this so good, is that with all its weight, and density, the wine manages to remain light on its feet, making it effortless to drink. The fruit is uncommonly rich in the mid-palate with a seamless finish, that hits the 60-second mark with ease. Leoville Las Cases requires bottle aging. But, with 2022, part of the magic here is tit will be enjoyable with only a decade of age, evolving, and improving for 40-50 years with ease. The wine blends 83.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10.5% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot. This is only the second time in the history of the estate that you find more Cabernet Franc than Merlot in the blend. Drink from 2030-2065."

• 20/20

  Weinwisser
  83.5 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 10.5 % Cabernet Franc, 6 % Merlot, pH 3.8, 14.25 Vol.-%, 37 hl/ha, Presswein 8 %. Unglaublich tiefgründiges Bouquet, frisch gepflückte Alpenheidelbeere, edle Cassiswürze, betörender Irisduft und dunkle Mineralik. Im zweiten Ansatz Szechuanpfeffer, Holundergelee und heller Tabak. Am durchtrainierten und komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, engmaschigem Tanninkorsett, edlem mineralischen Kern sowie perfekt balancierter Rasse. Im konzentrierten, ewig langen Finale katapultiert sich der St. Julien nach vorne und endet mit Wildkirsche und tiefschürfender Terroirwürze; unglaublich kraftvoll und rein, alles am richtigen Platz. Ein Gigant, der einem den Atem raubt. Ganz klar: Bestnote!"

• 100/100

  James Suckling
  Sophistication and pure beauty on the nose, showing intense lead pencil, blackcurrants, ink and blackberries as well as crushed stones. Spellbinding. Medium-bodied, it grows endlessly on the palate, superb tannins caressing like the finest silk. It just keeps on coming. The character is immaculate. Ethereal. Power with elegance. 83.5% cabernet sauvignon, 10.5% cabernet franc and 6% merlot. It gives the impression you can drink it now, but it needs five to six years of bottle age. A neoclassical masterpiece. Try after 2031, but if you want to taste it now, I understand."

• 100/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2022 Léoville Las Cases is just as remarkable in bottle as it was from barrel. Wafting from the glass with aromas of beautifully pure cassis fruit mingled with notions of violets, burning embers and subtle cigar box, it has already almost entirely integrated its new oak. Full-bodied, dense and layered, it's deep and resonant, with striking concentration, precision and harmony, concluding with a long, palate-staining finish. This striking Saint-Julien really is one of the wines of the vintage, and the best young Léoville Las Cases I've ever tasted."

• 99/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The assemblage of the Delon grand vin is 83.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10.5% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot, and the press wine accounts for 8% of the blend. The élevage was in 85% new oak barrels for 18 months. The aromatics here are striking, with an almost confit intensity to the fruits, sweet currant and cranberry, with a touch of white pepper and pressed iris. The palate starts out with an immediately complete style, a fresh and polished substance which shimmers with dark fruits, liquorice, olive, tar and salted black cherries, all of which lies draped over a rich and ripe tannic structure, which provides a beautifully harmonious presence through the end of the palate and into the finish. Such delicious and divine harmony here, with great tannic structure, which builds to a strong crescendo in the midpalate on a second taste, the interplay between the dark tannins and the salted black fruits just glorious, and yet it all feels so fresh and bright. The finish is long and gripped by powdery, polished tannins which linger forever at the end of the palate. The alcohol is 14% on the label."

• 99/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  A monumental wine, the 2022 Château Léoville Las Cases is seriously dense and powerful, with a locked and loaded nose of cassis, crushed stone, graphite, and remarkable mineral intensity. Focused and structured on the palate as well as full-bodied, it has fine tannins and sensational purity. The 2022 is based on 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot, brought up in a mix of new and used oak. Hide bottles for 10-15 years and it should drink beautifully over the following 40-50 years."

• 99/100

  Falstaff
  Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine Edelholzwürze, zart nach Kirschen und Cassis, etwas Nougat, facettenreiches Bukett. Komplex, saftig, frische Brombeeren, lebendig, feste Tannine, sehr elegant, mineralisch und anhaftend, reiht sich ein in die großen Weine des Jahrgangs, zeigt enorme Länge und sicheres Reifepotenzial."

• 99/100

  Jane Anson
  Cassis puree, bitter chocolate, so much power and intensity, with a joy and an immediacy that you rarely get in Las Cases. The tannins have a slight tug on the finish which tells you that the power of this vintage remains a little unruly, needs wrestling into place on this particular site. But hard to argue with, layered, powerful, confident, slow-moving. Arnaud Delon is joining his father at the Delon estates, and the new winery is due for completion by September 2025. 84% new oak for ageing. Eric Boissenot consultant, harvest September 8 to 30."

• 99/100

  Decanter
  Beautifully lifted floral, blue fruit and cola aromas on the nose. Expressive and open. Effortlessly finessed but tightly packed and knitted down still. This impresses from the first sip with a burst of cool, fresh acidity against ripe, almost fleshy summer berry fruit - strawberries, cherries and juicy blueberries. Tannins are silky and well integrated and this has such forward motion from start to finish. Undeniable power meets grip and intensity in the wet stone, liquorice, graphite and slate minerality markers. A crisp and confident grand vin with plenty of structure and ageing potential."

• 97/100

  Wine Spectator
  Dark, winey and alluring, this offers a deep well of steeped black currant, blackberry and black cherry paste flavors that are sappy in their intensity. Sweet bay, violet, tobacco and apple wood accents fill in along the way, giving this superb range, while the long, cast iron-edged finish pulls everything to its vanishing point. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Best from 2027 through 2045."

• 18+/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Deep crimson colour. Complex, powerful and refined with blackcurrant, violet, spice and cedar notes. Juicy and dense with layered fruit and tannins. Big structure but the tannins almost hidden. Picks up pace on the finish. Long. One of the top wines this year."