2024, Château Léoville Las Cases, SAINT-JULIEN, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.

2nd Growth 1855.

One of the leading "Super-Second" growths of the Médoc. The 55 hectares of vines are situated alongside those of Château Latour, just over the St Julien border.
2024 is another strongly Cabernet vintage here ever with 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot.

One of the wines of the vintage, and certainly one that's likely to number among the longest-lived, is the 2024 Léoville Las Cases. Unwinding in the glass with a pure, intense bouquet of cassis, violets and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, with terrific mid-palate density and concentration but also a seamless integration of tannin and acidity that's especially rare this year, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Jean-Hubert Delon observes that the 2024 shares "the aromas and flavours of the 1986," defined by Cabernet Sauvignon ripened at the end of the growing season, though of course the 2024, is much more amiable than the 1986.
93-95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate.

The 2024 Léoville Las-Cases is gorgeous. All the Las-Cases signatures are present. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, grilled herbs, graphite and menthol are all beautifully delineated. The 2024 is distinguished by its precision and total class. Time in the glass brings out the wine's intensely floral, spice-inflected aromatics. Brisk acids and bracing mineral notes wrap it all together in style. I can't wait to taste this from bottle. 2034-2054.
94-96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous

Vivid and intense purple colour to the rim. Fragrant rosehip, violets and iris notes, deep and somewhat seductive in terms of aromatics. Supple and alive, the energy here is amazing. I love that it’s not at all too lean and focussed. More wide and approachable than some with a cola and liquorice and wet stone element. Chewy, ripe, concentrated and fun. So well crafted with a real element of drinkability and freshness.
95 Georgina Hindle, Decanter

Vivid plum with vibrant violet around the rim, ink, black tea, chamomile flowers, slate, graphite, redcurrant, rose petals, cassis, bilberry, raspberry leaf, delivers the texture, tension and complexity that you expect from this level of estate in any vintage, and it is a success. Reserved and savoury with ageing potential. Arnaud Delon now at the estate, working alongside his father Jean-Hubert Delon. New cellars now in operation for the winemaking, 75% new oak.
94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.