Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2014

19 RENÈ GABRIEL´S BX TOTAL: "(79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 33 hl/ha) Tiefgründiges, komplexes, fein cremiges Bouquet, schwarze Beeren, Heidelbeeren, schwarzer Cassis, Edelhölzer, Tabak, Trüffel, Lakritze. Konzentrierter, eleganter, vielschichtiger, ausgewogener Gaumen mit dichter, samtener Frucht, viel feinem Tannin, konzentrierter, vielfältiger, super Aromatik, dichtverwobener Struktur, sehr langer, dichter, cremiger Abgang mit vielen, kräftigen Rückaromen. 19/20 2022 - 2050" 98 JAMES SUCKLING: "I love the nose of blackberries, blueberries, flowers and citrus. Hints of stones and wet earth. Full body and ultra-fine tannins that are so long and seamless. Incredible length. A wine that you want to drink now." 96 THE WINEADVOCATE: "The 2014 Leoville-Las Cases is a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, cropped at 33 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 85% new oak. There is 6.8% vin de presse this year. Picked between 30 September and 13 October over 12 days. It has a delectable bouquet with very precise, mineral-rich black fruit infused with oyster shell, which appears to be a leitmotif of Jean-Huber Delon´s 2014s! The palate is medium-bodied with wondrous purity and tension, the acidity beautifully poised and imparting the palpable sense of energy from start to finish. Where it really excels is on the finish: exquisite structure, very complex with enormous persistence that lingers for more than a minute. Surely the wine of the appellation, ditto one of the best Left Bank 2014s." 95 THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "One of the top wines from the 2014 vintage, the color shows a deep ruby hue. Aromatically you find cassis, lead pencil and forest floor notes already. On the palate, the full bodied wine delivers round tannins, fresh red fruits and a nice bite of juicy cassis in the end note. The freshness, with a leafy component is a really nice sensation in the finish. For a good quality vintage of Leoville Las Cases, this will drink well relatively young, meaning that perhaps just a decade or slightly more will be ample time for the wine to open and offer its complexities." 97 WINE ENTHUSIAST: "This is a great wine. It has all the elements in place to produce a wine that will last for years: powerful fruit, rich tannins and a structure that is built to last. This is elegant, impressive and concentrated. Almost entirely Cabernet Sauvignon, the grape gives the wine its fruit and its tannins. Drink from 2028." 95 WINESPECTATOR: "Densely packed, with cassis, steeped plum and blackberry coulis notes that are compressed with layers of cold charcoal and graphite. Very pure, giving this a long, sleek and racy feel, while an iron underpinning drives the finish. Best from 2020 through 2040. 12,500 cases made."