"This huge wine is, in many ways, just as massive as Leoville Barton, but it possesses a greater degree of elegance as well as unreal concentration. Classic lead pencil, cassis, kirsch, cedar, and spice characteristics are abundant in both the nose and full-bodied flavors..."(95pts RP)

Vintage 1982, Chateau Leoville Las Cases, St. Julien, 1 into neck, 2bn, 2snc, 1scc (3 750 ml)