Leoville Las Cases - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml 4% Cabernet Sauvignon

4% Cabernet Sauvignon

thick and fruity

proprietor Jean-Hubert Delon offered me two samples

front end-loaded 2009

It is a magnificent Chateauneuf du Pape

Leoville Las Cases - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml 4% Cabernet SauvignonI have had perfect bottles of this cuvee, but, perplexingly, the bottles from my cellar tend to be broodingly backward and require plenty of coaxing. 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,