98 Robert Parker
This comes from 50- to 90-year-old vines and is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot with 13.28% alcohol, 3.72 pH and an IPT of 71. The 2017 Léoville Las Cases is deep garnet-purple in color, and wow, the nose bursts with beautiful blackcurrant cordial, blackberry pie and blueberry preserve notes followed by hints of lilacs, dark chocolate, cedar chest, sassafras and licorice with emerging wafts of oolong tea, lavender and iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is an exercise in elegance and soft-spoken nuances within a mouth-coating palate of almost electric black and blue fruits, framed by very firm, exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing epically long and wonderfully perfumed. Damn, that’s good<br/>
98 James Suckling
The purity here is really something. Blackberries and blackcurrants with sandalwood, mint and other classic herbs. Full-bodied and dense with ultra-fine tannins. Silky in all ways. Goes on for a long, long time. A blend of 79% cabernet sauvignon, 11% cabernet franc and 10% merlot. Joyous and serious wine for the vintage. And comparable to 2014 and 2015. Try after 2023.
19 Rene Gabriel
André Kunz: Samtenes, fruchtiges, dunkles, konzentriertes Bouquet, Cassiscreme, fein Pflaumen, Zedern, Edelhölzer, Black Currant, Minze. Dichtverwobener, kraftvoller, ausgewogener Gaumen mit kräftiger, vielfältiger, dunkler Aromatik, cremiger, fein muskulöser Struktur, viel feinem Tannin, dichter, dunkler Frucht, sehr langer, kräftiger Abgang mit vielen Rückaromen. 19/20 2025 - 2040
19 Rene Gabriel
André Kunz: Samtenes, fruchtiges, dunkles, konzentriertes Bouquet, Cassiscreme, fein Pflaumen, Zedern, Edelhölzer, Black Currant, Minze. Dichtverwobener, kraftvoller, ausgewogener Gaumen mit kräftiger, vielfältiger, dunkler Aromatik, cremiger, fein muskulöser Struktur, viel feinem Tannin, dichter, dunkler Frucht, sehr langer, kräftiger Abgang mit vielen Rückaromen. 19/20 2025 - 2040
96 Wine Spectator
This has the vintage’s fresh acidity, which does a wonderful job of driving the core of blueberry, black currant and blackberry fruit along. Light anise and graphite accents lend typicity, with a sleek mineral edge on the finish. Rock solid.—J.M.