By Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Las Cases 2021

Terroir
The Grand Enclos de Las Cases is blessed with a very complex terroir. Mostly made up of Quaternary gravel on a sandy-gravelly and clayey-gravelly subsoil, we also find clay of varying depths and compactness, sometimes even outcropping. The proximity of the Gironde is responsible for this great diversity of soils, created over the geological periods by successive superimpositions. In addition, the river generates a very specific microclimate which allows the grapes to ripen very early and protects the vineyards from frost. This range of geological combinations influences the development of the vine and the constitution of the grapes. This incomparable terroir offers the great wine its unique personality.

Vintage 2021
This vintage was marked in the vineyard by an early start, a late finish, and sudden increases in power, requiring the reactivity of the teams at every stage and in every aspect of the vineyard's support. Despite these perilous climatic conditions, the final ripening was complete and homogeneous. The great early and unique terroir of Leoville Las Cases produced great Cabernets, deep and elegant, complex and straightforward, as well as smooth and aerial Merlots. A noble, fresh, and rich Grand Vin de Leoville Las Cases with a beautiful aromatic complexity, signing this vintage with an extreme elegance.

Technical Information
Blend: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot
Harvest: From 28th September to 8th October, 2021
Total Acidity: 3.66 gH2SO4/l
pH: 3.71
IPT: 77
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Wine: Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2021 Saint-Julien
Score/Rating: 98 - Cellar Selection
Suggested Drinking Window: From 2028
Review Date: 07/01/2024
Reviewed By: Roger Voss
Tasting Notes: The wine's powerful density comes from the black-currant flavors and tannic core. Wood, leather and concentration all show in the aromas. It is a serious, powerful wine with 80% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028.

Wine: CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES Saint-Julien 2021
Score/Rating: 97
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2050
Review Date: 05/2024
Reviewed By: J. D'Angelo
Tasting Notes: The 2021 Leoville Las Cases is a wonderful showing in this vintage. It begins with a beautifully perfumed aromas of aromas [sic] of red and dark currants, along with florals, graphite, spices, minerals and hints of crushed gravel that all develop gracefully in the glass. On the palate this possesses a medium/full body that is well-structured with velvety, yet supportive tannins. It continues to impress as it displays a wonderful elegance and precision through the long refined finish. Overall this is an absolutely fabulous rendition of Las Cases will surely go on to have an even brighter future ahead. Composed of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot.

Wine: Chateau Leoville Las Cases St.-Julien 2021
Score/Rating: 97
Review Date: 04/03/2024
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: A classic Leoville Las Cases with blackcurrants, blackberries, stone, graphite and lavender aromas that follow through to a medium body with firm and refined tannins and a juicy finish. Plenty of subtle flavor at the end. Racy tannins. 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot. Already very integrated and attractive but will be even better in three or four years.

Wine: Chateau Leoville Las Cases, St-Julien, 2eme Cru Classe, 2021
Score/Rating: 97
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027 - 2050
Review Date: 11/29/2023
Reviewed By: Georgina Hindle
Tasting Notes: Utterly captivating on the nose, fragrant and floral with soft orange flecks, sweet cedar and cinnamon. Textured like heavy silk, weighty with a hold to the tannins that says ‘I’m a serious wine’, offering energy and focus. Precision and density, finessed layering that lets the wine deepen and expand over time. Not immediately as attention-seeking as some, but this is classy no doubt and ultimately calls for another sip, and then another. A gorgeous wine that is all the better for what it’s not saying at this point.

Wine: 2021 Leoville Las Cases
Score/Rating: 96+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2031 - 2065
Review Date: 02/08/2024
Reviewed By: William Kelley
Tasting Notes: The 2021 Leoville Las Cases has turned out beautifully in bottle and clearly numbers among the very finest wines of the vintage. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries and cassis mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, violets and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated with a deep and multidimensional core of fruit framed by beautifully refined tannins and girdled by lively acids, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Serious and structured without being austere, it's a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and a mere 5% Merlot.

Wine: Leoville Las Cases 2021 Leoville Las Cases
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: 2031 - 2061
Review Date: 12/2023
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni
Tasting Notes: The 2021 Leoville Las-Cases is a wine of elegance and restraint. Yes, I am writing that about a young Las-Cases. Perhaps it is the higher level of Cabernet Franc in this year's blend that adds aromatic presence and gives the wine its refined character. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, mint, spice and rose petal linger on the delicate, understated finish.

Wine: 2021 Leoville Las Cases
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2046
Review Date: 04/23/2024
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, and 15% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Leoville Las Cases is deep garnet-purple in color. It needs a fair bit of swirling and coaxing to reveal a pronounced core of cassis, Morello cherries, and mulberries, giving way to a fragrant undercurrent of tilled soil, charcoal, violets, and cedar, plus a touch of Sichuan pepper. The medium-bodied palate delivers impressive, tightly wound layers of black fruits and minerals, framed by ripe, fine-grained tannins and wonderful tension, finishing long and perfumed. All minerals and florals - very pretty!

Wine: 2021 Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: After 2029
Review Date: 04/03/2024
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, the 2021 Chateau Leoville Las Cases is flat-out brilliant and brings that classic Las Cases regalness and structure. Cassis, graphite, lead pencil shavings, crushed stone, and an almost bloody, salty character all define this riveting 2021, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a great mid-palate, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish. It has more mid-palate density and depth than just about every other wine in the vintage, and despite its structure, it's going to be relatively accessible in just 5-7 years. It will most likely be one of the longest-lived in the vintage.

Wine: 2021 Chateau Leoville Las Cases (St. Julien)
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025 - 2055
Review Date: 05/20/2022
Tasting Notes: Dark ruby with hints of purple around the edge, the wine exudes smoke, cedar, tobacco leaf, slate, lead pencil, blackberries, espresso and currants. One of the more powerful wines of the vintage, the wine offers loads of black and red fruits, ripe, present, salty tannins, and a juicy, almost creamy, yet classically structured finish. Produced from a blend 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot. [...]. This is the first time you find more Cabernet Franc than Merlot in the blend in the history of the estate. Drink from 2025-2055.

Wine: Chateau Leoville Las Cases St.-Julien 2021
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: Drink now through 2040
Review Date: 04/30/2024
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: Shows a rare level of finesse, depth and balance in this vintage, with a stream of black currant coulis carried by a pinpoint of acidity, while charcoal and sweet tobacco accents run along the edges. The long, iron-tinged finish offers a late hint of violet and almost no grain. A terrific effort for the vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2026 through 2040.

Wine: Ch Leoville Las Cases 2021 St-Julien
Score/Rating: 17/20
Suggested Drinking Window: 2029 - 2043
Review Date: 02/12/2025
Reviewed By: Jancis Robinson
Tasting Notes: Tasted blind. Very deep crimson. Intense, almost flattering cassis nose. Quite attention-grabbing and sweet for the vintage. Very vibrant. Long.