Château Léoville-Las-Cases: Tasting & Drinking

In the Léoville order, to my mind Château Léoville-Las-Cases is the most impressive of the three estates, the pre-eminent estate in all St Julien, the first and most tangible challenger to the first growths and the prime example of a ‘super-second’, those châteaux that would pretend to the crown of premier cru. As recently as 2008, a Cornell University study suggested that it should be promoted to first growth status, an opinion based on ratings of the wine over 35 vintages, from 1970 to 2005.

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