2000 | Château Léoville-Las Cases | Grand Vin de Leoville Hot on Sale

2000 | Château Léoville-Las Cases | Grand Vin de Leoville

Red Wine: 2000 | Château Léoville-Las Cases | Grand Vin de Leoville

2000 release is intense and broad-shouldered, yet offers superb fruit delineation, delightful savoury nuances and a finish of quite remarkable length and complexity. Still firm and slightly chewy on the palate, this will happily keep for another few decades.

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Producer: Château Léoville-Las Cases

Ratings: WS | 100  JS | 100

Vintage: 2000

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Detailed Description

2000 release is intense and broad-shouldered, yet offers superb fruit delineation, delightful savoury nuances and a finish of quite remarkable length and complexity. Still firm and slightly chewy on the palate, this will happily keep for another few decades.

Reviews:

• James Suckling: A classic Las Cases with masses of mineral, floral and blueberry character. Full and chewy, with so much power.

• Wine Spectator: Absolutely fantastic. This is one of the most exciting young reds I have tasted in a long, long time. It shows intense aromas of berries, currants and minerals, with hints of mint. Full-bodied and packed with fruit and tannins, its long finish is refined and silky. A benchmark for the vintage. Las Cases has always wanted to make first-growth quality in a top-notch vintage, and it certainly did in 2000. *Collectibles, Ranked No. 5 on Top 100 Wines of 2003*

Producer Information

Château Léoville-Las Cases is an estate in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux, ranked as a second growth in the 1855 Classification of the Médoc and Graves. Typical of the appellation, Château Léoville-Las Cases is Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, with smaller amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The estate has a history dating back to the mid-17th Century, when it used to be part of a much larger estate. During the French Revolution (1789-1799) the estate was divided in two with a small section becoming Château Léoville Barton. In 1840, the original estate was again divided, creating Château Léoville-Poyferre. All three of the Léoville châteaux were named in the 1855 Classification as second growths, but Léoville-Las Cases remains the largest. There are 98 hectares (242 acres) of vineyards, planted with 66 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 24 percent Merlot, 9 percent Cabernet Franc and 1 percent Petit Verdot. The vineyard’s soils are mostly gravel over sand and clay, with some areas where the clay reaches the surface. The proximity of the Gironde moderates weather extremes, lowering the risk of frost and allowing grapes to ripen earlier than vineyards further inland. The vines are on average 40 years old. Léoville-Las Cases produces three wines, all red Bordeaux blends. It is credited with being one of the first Bordeaux producers to release a second wine in 1902, even though the second wine in question, the Clos du Marquis, is made from a separate vineyard and thus is not really a second wine. A true second wine, Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases, was released in 2007, and is a Merlot-dominant wine made from younger vines, which are not yet ready for the grand vin. Domaines Delon, proprietors of the estate, also own Château Potensac in the Medoc and Château Nénin in Pomerol.