CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978
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1978

CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1978

Wine 1978 2ème Cru Classé  Bordeaux Saint Julien
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95 / 100
Jean-Marc Quarin December - 1990
Jean-Marc Quarin
Ruby red. Slightly vermilion. Brown reflections. Good intensity. Very bright. Precise. Very intense. Complex and refined. Rich nuances of ripe fruits, caramel, wood, spices (clove), cedar. Great elegance. Precise. Intense. Slightly warm, vanilla and fruity note. Licorice note. Appealing and quite compact. Clean attack. Smooth development, distinguished and remarkably balanced on a straight-lined structure and an intense, very fleshy, very supple, rich, energetic and concentrated framework. Evolution towards a finish, with flavors of very ripe fruits, fresh cream, with slightly austere tannins. But what substance! To follow and to keep. A great '78 very much Cabernet-styled.
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92 / 100
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine August - 2021
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine
Ripe garnet. Very, very restrained on the nose, needs time and a good nose, then shows a certain depth, floral tones, also licorice, smoke, develops positively with air, appears rather dark-fruited. On the palate taut, medium body, melted tannins, good acid structure. Coherent in itself, classic, “Old School Bordeaux” and with good length and balance. A positive surprise. 
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91 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider November - 2018
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Fully mature, this excellent example of classic Bordeaux is bit on the rustic side. Still, there is more than enough to keep you busy here. The tobacco dusted, red fruit offers additional notes of cigar leaf, forest floor, pepper and green leafy scents. There is a stern side to the tannins, that with air, softens, leaving with a bite of crisp, juicy, Cabernet Sauvignon with just a hint of cranberry in the finish. There is no reason not to be pulling a cork on this wine. 
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90 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate October - 1995
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The 1978 Las Cases has taken on a garnet hue with some dark ruby tints. The nose is more complex and penetrating than the flavors. The wine offers classic, mineral, lead pencil, smoky, earthy scents, with plenty of ripe fruit, and none of the vegetal herbaceousness that many 1978s have begun to exhibit. The attack offers good ripeness, medium to full body, higher acidity than many more recent vintages, and considerable tannin in the hard finish. Although this wine possesses outstanding complexity, the high tannin level may never fully melt away.
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90 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu October -
Franck Dubourdieu
(9-2007).
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90 / 100
Cellar Tracker February - 2024
Cellar Tracker
Savoury, yet still fresh and tannic, with notes of cigar box. Classically proportioned the tannins simply faded away leaving a sweet cedary finish. While the fruit was subdued there was still complexity, balance and a great deal of style.
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18 / 20
Jancis Robinson February - 2009
Jancis Robinson
Dense, complete, savoury and confident with great balance.
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4 / 5
Michael Broadbent November - 1999
Michael Broadbent
At best.
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86 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2004
Tom Cannavan
Mature rim. Dry sandalwood nose. Good concentration but lacks finesse. Cumbersome. Dry leaf notes. Too tannic/lacks fruit concentration. Falls apart - heavy woody finish. Lacklustre.
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Vintage Wine  1978
Classification Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Saint Julien
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Leoville Las Cases
Château Leoville Las Cases
Château Leoville Las Cases

Château Léoville Las Cases is one of the most iconic estates in the Saint-Julien appellation, renowned for the precision, depth, and longevity of its wines. Classified as a Deuxième Grand Cru Classé in 1855, it has distinguished itself for over a century through an uncompromising level of quality and consistency that places it at the very top of the Médoc hierarchy.

Originating from the former Léoville estate, the Château Léoville Las Cases vineyard is today protected by a historic walled enclosure — a rare distinction in Bordeaux — ensuring a strong parcel-specific identity. Located directly on the banks of the Gironde, facing the great terroirs of Pauillac, the estate benefits from a privileged environment conducive to the slow and even ripening of the grapes.

The Grand Vin, often austere in its youth, requires many years of cellaring and boasts numerous highlights: the 1982 vintage, 1990, and the 1996 vintage among the great classics, 2000, the 2005 wine, and the 2010 vintage for the more recent period. Alongside it, the Clos du Marquis, a wine in its own right from neighboring plots, and Le Petit Lion, a more approachable second wine, complete the estate's range.

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