1985 Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien 1x75cl

Bordeaux ⋅ France
Vintage: 1985 ⋅ Other: 1982 1983 1988 1989 1996 2001 2005 2012 2019 2025
Pack size: 1x75cl
Pack type: Loose Bottles
Notes: Low Ullage
WA96

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Producer Profile

Producer Profile

Leoville Las Cases: A 2nd Growth That Can Challenge First Growths

The St Julien 2nd Growth Estate of Chateau Leoville Las Cases is one of the Left Bank of Bordeaux’s elite wines. Located on the edge of the appellation with vineyards abutting those of the mighty Chateau Latour on one side, this is a statuesque and towering wine that is renowned for its capacity to age.

The Grand Vin represents around 45% of production, and with the 2nd wine Le Petit Lion, around 10%. Also look out for Clos du Marquis, which is not a second wine, but comes from its own specific parcel of vines.

The style and substance of Leoville Las Cases

Las Cases is located on the Leoville plateau and the deep gravel soils here are perfect for the Cabernet Sauvignon that dominates the blend. In recent years, Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for around 80%, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot making up the balance.

The style is one of authority, structure and complexity. Las Cases is Bordeaux at its most aristocratic and confident. It is not a wine to drink young, but rewards, perhaps even demands cellaring to show at its complex best.

A First Growth Rival

Las Cases has a reputation for challenging the First Growths in sheer brilliance. For Robert Parker, “Leoville-Las Cases is unquestionably one of the great names and wines of Bordeaux… consistently of first-growth quality”. Jane Anson highlights how it “is often compared to its Pauillac neighbour Latour in profile”. Praise does not come much higher. 

Learn more about Château Léoville-Las Cases
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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Wine Advocate 96

My favorite vintage from this chateau to drink today is the 1985 Leoville Las Cases. Wafting from the glass with an expressive bouquet of red berries, blackcurrants, pencil shavings, paraffin wax and loamy soil, it’s deep, full-bodied and textural, with unusual concentration for the vintage, supple tannins, succulent acids and a long, expansive finish. More giving than the brooding 1986, and more complex than the 1982, the 1985 is in its prime today. [William Kelley, 26/01/2022]

Anticipated maturity: 2015-2040

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