1982 Chateau Leoville Las Cases

Description

1982 Chateau Leoville Las Cases

Initially a bit funky. Medium expressive nose displaying subdued black fruit,crme de cassis, a hint of green, strong ash, lead pencil, leather and iron mineral. Good concentration, a bit subdued black fruit, silky and fluid, good richness, medium acidity, iron mineral and a medium-long ripe black fruit-driven finish with a hint of ash at the end.

Critical Acclaim

99 Jeb Dunnuck

Tasted at the domain, the 1982 Leoville Las Cases is just about pure perfection, and while certainly mature, it has plenty of life ahead of it. Thrilling notes of blackcurrants, kirsch, tobacco leaf, cedar box, menthol, and exotic spices all emerge from this seamless, powerful yet magically elegant Leoville Las Cases. Opening up in the glass, with a smoky, singular character, it’s an incredible wine from this terroir that has an almost Latour-like regal quality.

95 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

This huge wine is, in many ways, just as massive as Leoville Barton, but it possesses a greater degree of elegance as well as unreal concentration. Classic lead pencil, cassis, kirsch, cedar, and spice characteristics are abundant in both the nose and full-bodied flavors. The tannins are still there, and, at least from my cellar, this 1982 does not appear to have changed much in the last 10-12 years. One wonders how much patience admirers of this brilliant St.-Julien will continue to exhibit.

95 Wine Spectator

A racy, classy, silky wine. Inky-ruby color. Black cherry, mineral and wet earth aromas. Medium-bodied, with very silky tannins and a long, superfine finish. Has always been excellent.