1966 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases, Grand Vin, Saint-Julien, Bottle (750ml)
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95JA
Critic key
JA = Jane Anson
- Rating
- JA95
- Producer
- Leoville
- Vintage
- 1966
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint-Julien
- Country
- France
- Classification
- 2eme Cru Classe
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
Tasted at the Las-Cases off-line at The Square. For a long time, one of my favourite vintages from the 1960?s, though this bottles suggests that it is beginning to fade. It has a typical nose of cigar box, smoke and even a touch of hickory that turns into Provencal herbs with time. There is something austere and dusty on the palate though the tannins remain quite rigid, lending it a foursquare but not disagreeable finish. It actually improves with further time in the glass and returning after an hour it is almost up to the standard previous bottles demonstrated a decade ago. Tasted February 2011. - NM (Wine Journal) (6/2011)
Chateau Leoville Las Cases Second Growth, Deuxieme Grand Cru Classe, Saint-JulienJA "Gorgeous jewel-like ruby colour, melted tannins, good vivacity, pretty much a perfect moment to drink to showcase how Las Cases is a slow-burner that is almost always worth betting on. Fresh and finessed, with tobacco, orange peel and wild strawberry. Owned at the time by a consortium of shareholders, with the Delon family dominant but not yet in the majority, headed by André Delon. His son Michel had just joined his father, but not fully taking over until 1976." March 2025
Chateau Leoville Las Cases Second Growth, Deuxieme Grand Cru Classe, Saint-JulienJA "Gorgeous jewel-like ruby colour, melted tannins, good vivacity, pretty much a perfect moment to drink to showcase how Las Cases is a slow-burner that is almost always worth betting on. Fresh and finessed, with tobacco, orange peel and wild strawberry. Owned at the time by a consortium of shareholders, with the Delon family dominant but not yet in the majority, headed by André Delon. His son Michel had just joined his father, but not fully taking over until 1976." March 2025