Chateau Leoville Las Cases 1990
$425.00
Producer: Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub Region: Saint-Julien
Vintage: 1990
Critic Score: RP96
97 points Robert Parker
"I underestimated this wine young, as it continues to put on weight and character. In fact, of the great vintages of Leoville Las Cases, this is one of the more forward wines, largely because of the seamlessness of the 1990 and its exceptionally sweet tannin, combined with relatively low acidity. The color remains a healthy opaque dark plum/purple. The classic Las Cases nose of sweet black currants, cherries, minerals, lead pencil, and vanilla soars from the glass. Very full-bodied, expansive, and super-concentrated, yet so symmetrical and perfectly balanced (always a hallmark of Leoville Las Cases), this wine seems youthful yet very approachable.” Anticipated maturity: Now-2035. (12/2002)