1993 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases, Grand Vin, Saint-Julien, Bottle (750ml)

"Served blind by Jean-Hubert Delon at the chateau, the 1993 maintains is deep garnet core. The nose has really blossomed since last taste with blackberry, minerals, limestons, a hint of liquorices and a sweetness that I noted as “burnt honey”. Full-bodied on the palate with surprisingly sinewy tannins, excellent ripeness with an undertow of Morello cherry and a hint of tar on the very structured, very Saint Julien finish. Lot of typicity here. Bon vin! Drink 2010-2030+. Tasted October 2007." NM 93Pts for WJ Published: Dec 31, 1999

Robert Parker writes, "Michel Delon, a great man, is the consummate proprietor, meticulously administering this vast estate spread out along the St.-Julien/Pauillac border, separated from Latour's finest vineyard by a mere ten feet. The 1993-95 vintages from Delon are brilliant wines. Leoville-Las-Cases remains one of the irrefutable reference points for high class Bordeaux. This saturated purple-colored wine possesses remarkable sweetness, powerful, chocolatey, cassis-scented aromas, and dense, medium to full-bodied flavors with a superb inner-core of fruit. Purity, balance, and super-concentration and intensity are hallmarks of this remarkable wine. Readers who find it difficult to believe that the 1993 vintage could turn out wines such as this only need to pull the cork on a bottle of the 1993 Leoville-Las-Cases." Published: Feb 27, 1997