Léoville Las Cases - Saint-Julien 2003

Léoville Las Cases - un Super Second qui tutoie les Premiers Crus Classés

Château Léoville Las Cases, 2nd Grand Cru Classé de Saint-Julien, est l'un des bijoux de la famille Delon depuis 1901. Son terroir se situe principalement dans le Clos de Léoville Las Cases par lequel on passe en sortant du village de Saint-Julien en direction de Pauillac, dont une partie est située juste à côté du Château Latour. Le Grand Vin de Léoville du Marquis de Las Cases possède des caractéristiques totalement uniques. Les vins vieillissent magnifiquement bien et peuvent traverser les décennies avec une grande intensité. Déguster un vieux Léoville Las Cases, c'est toujours déguster quelque chose de spécial, et souvent surprenant.

Depuis un an, Jean Guillaume Prats a pris la tête des propriétés de la famille Delon. Fort de son expérience à Cos d'Estournel et au Château Lafite Rothschild, il signe un millésime 2022 exceptionnel et dont la perfection fait l'unanimité parmi les critiques: Léoville Las Cases 2022 obtient 18 fois la note parfaite, c'est une première dans l'histoire viticole mondiale.

Jeb DUNNUCK

par Jeb Dunnuck le 05/03/2021

The 2003 Château Léoville Las Cases comes from what is still the hottest vintage on record for Bordeaux. (Others that are close are 2006, 2011, 2018, and 2019.) A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 13% Cabernet Franc that hit 13.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.62 (IPT was 75), its deep ruby/plum color is followed by a terrific, almost Pauillac-like bouquet of ripe blackcurrants, freshly sharpened pencils, chocolate, violets, and a touch of chalky minerality. It builds beautifully with time in the glass and is full-bodied on the palate, offering ripe tannins, a round, expansive mouthfeel, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. Hats off to the team at Las Cases for such a gorgeous wine from a challenging vintage!

Wine Spectator

par James Molesworth le 12/06/2018

There’s a lovely backdrop of charcoal and paving stone notes here, offset by juicy black currant, fig, melted licorice and ganache flavors. Sweet tobacco hints course through the finish, where the cold charcoal steadily turns to lit embers. Impressively maintains some austerity in this vintage. Best from 2020 through 2040. 10,833 cases made.

Wine Advocate

par Robert Parker le 29/08/2014

An incredibly fresh, lively 2003 (the pH is only 3.6 and the alcohol is 13.1%), this wine offers a dense ruby/purple color along with full body and a remarkable nose of black currants, kirsch, lead pencil shavings and vanilla. Opulent, full-bodied and close to full maturity, it is a seamless classic that will age for 15-20 more years. Kudos to the Delon family for such a brilliant achievement in a tricky vintage.

Wine Advocate

par Neal Martin le 01/03/2013

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's "10-Year On" tasting in London. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Las-Cases has the most complex nose of the three Leovilles with beautifully defined blackberry, wild hedgerow, leather and black truffle scents that waft seductively from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of pure dark cherry and boysenberry fruit stuck through by a keen thread of acidity. This is very composed, very animated with a long, sensual finish. Superb. Tasted March 2013.

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par James Suckling le 01/06/2011

This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and a core of dark fruits like black cherries and blueberries. Still very young, but structured and in need of five more years. Don’t touch this until 2015.

Wine Advocate

par Robert Parker le 24/04/2006

The solidly made 2003 Leoville Las-Cases (13.2% alcohol) is a blend of 70.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17.2% Merlot, and 12.6% Cabernet Franc. In this incredibly hot vintage, the alcohol is slightly lower than achieved in 2002, a cool-climate year. While not a profound example of Las-Cases, the 2003 is muscular, deep, and full-bodied with an impressive ruby/purple color, a tight but juicy bouquet of vanilla, black cherries, crushed rocks, and flowers, a sweet attack, and moderately high tannin. Backward and fresh, displaying impeccable delineation and purity, it can be enjoyed between 2012-2023.

Wine Spectator

par James Suckling le 31/03/2006

Incredible nose of crushed berry, licorice, violets and lightly toasted oak. Pure crème de cassis. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Solid. Best after 2011.

Wine Advocate

93-95

par Robert Parker le 29/04/2005

I do not think this wine will ever match the quality of the 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, or 2000, and may actually end up being slightly behind the fabulous 2002. Nevertheless, this is a beautiful effort and certainly one of the top wines of the Medoc. Deep ruby/purple in color, this blend of 70.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17.2% Merlot, and 12.6% Cabernet Franc tips the scales at 13.2% alcohol (actually less than the 2002), with a relatively high pH of 3.82. The wine comes across more like the 1985, which I actually had a bottle of a few days before I tasted this wine, and I was super-impressed by how slowly that wine is aging from a relatively fast-evolving vintage. Wonderfully pure notes of cassis, vanilla, and sweet cherries and minerals are present in this medium to full-bodied wine, which is soft, fleshy, and surprisingly forward for a wine from Las Cases, and even corpulent, which is not a characteristic I often associate with this estate. The sweetness of the fruit and the lushness suggest a wine that will drink well early on but age nicely for 15-20 years. I don’t believe this is one of the most profound wines from Leoville Las Cases, but it is certainly one of the best wines of this tricky vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2025.

Wine Advocate

94-96

par Robert Parker le 29/04/2004

Extremely small yields of only 21.2 hectoliters per hectare, from a harvest that began on September 11 and ended September 26, the 2003 Leoville Las Cases is a blend of 70.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17.2% Merlot, and 12.6% Cabernet Franc. The 13.27% alcohol is slightly less than the record alcohol level attained here in 2002, and the pH is 3.82. Only 54% of the harvest made it into the grand vin. Still a large-scaled, monolithic wine, it will no doubt move up the scale as it sorts itself out and becomes more delineated. Inky/ruby/purple-colored, it possesses the classic Las Cases purity and balance along with layer upon layer of ripe, pure, black cherry and black currant fruit wrapped around a solid core of minerals and subtle oak. Medium to full-bodied, with sweet tannin, but not as opulent as many of its peers, this classically proportioned, well-delineated 2003 is a brilliant achievement from Jean-Hubert Delon and his staff.

Informations :	Details :
Couleur	Rouge
Cépages	Cabernet Sauvignon 70 % Merlot 17 % Cabernet Franc 13 %
Appellation	Saint-Julien
Millesime	2003
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)

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Couleur

Rouge

Cépages

Cabernet Sauvignon 70 %
Merlot 17 %
Cabernet Franc 13 %

Appellation

Saint-Julien

Millesime

2003

Contenance

Bouteille (75 cl)

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