2017 Château Léoville Las Cases, St Julien, Bordeaux Bordeaux First Growth with commentators and châteaux owners

with commentators and châteaux owners alike comparing last year with this

transparent Champagne that blurs the line between Champagne and wine

a stricter

the palate however leaves one in no doubt of the sherry maturation with thick dried figs and raisins mingling beautifully with grated apple and lashings of honey

It’s a heady

2017 Château Léoville Las Cases, St Julien, Bordeaux Bordeaux First Growth with commentators and châteaux ownersOne of the finest wines of the vintage in Bordeaux, the 2017 Loville Las Cases is a beautiful Saint Julien that bursts from the glass with expressive aromas of cassis, wild berries, pencil shavings, violets and a subtle hint of cigar box. Medium to full bodied, supple and enveloping, its unusually charming, sensual profile largely conceals a considerable endowment of tannin and a bright spine of acidity. Largely spared by the frost due to its optimal