2012 Château Léoville Las Cases, St Julien, Bordeaux

This has a wonderful elegance, yet comes in a powerful package.  Once again, Ch. Léoville-Las Cases has produced the iron fist in the velvet glove. Whilst it is quite muted on the nose, it has dark cassis and cocoa notes on the palate. The finish is extremely long and there is a wonderful integration of tannin offset by good acidity levels. This possesses the multi-layered dimension that has not been as evident elsewhere in this 2012 vintage. It is another great success.

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