2010 Leoville-Las Cases Ex Chateau 2024

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

DC 100 WE 100 JS 99 WS 99 JL 98 WA 98 VN 96
DC 100

Decanter, January 2020

Layered, textured, deep, cigar box, cassis and earth, managing to simultaneously stretch out, and burrow down. The edges open slowly but surely and seductively. Still inky in colour, this has all the powerful texture and...
WE 100

Wine Enthusiast, May 2013

A hugely powerful wine, full of dark, brooding tannins. It's a wine for seriously long-term aging, a sculptural vision of classic Bordeaux structure with with classy, ripe blackberry fruits. It has fresh acidity and an...
JS 99

jamessuckling.com, February 2013

The aromas to this wine have a beautiful purity of raspberries, blueberries, currants, and flowers that follow to a a full body, with super integrated tannins that are like the finest silk in texture. It shows elegant and...
WS 99

Wine Spectator, March 2013

Stunning and pure from the get-go, with intense cassis and blackberry fruit. Ultimately takes a slightly austere approach, with a wrought-iron structure driving along while pastis, black tea, licorice snap and asphalt...
JL 98

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2015

Closing down, this is going to need extensive cellaring to display its ample character. This wine is concentrated and filled with layers of perfectly ripe, berries. The tannins are polished, the acidity keeps it fresh...
WA 98

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 2022

The most powerful wine in this vertical is the 2010 Léoville Las Cases, a full-bodied, deep and multidimensional behemoth redolent of rich berries, cassis, burning embers, pencil shavings and loamy soil. Broad-shouldered...
VN 96

Vinous, April 2020

The 2010 Léoville Las Cases has a clean and precise bouquet, beautifully focused with blackberry, melted tar, cigar humidor and crushed stone aromas. It gains intensity with aeration without ever losing its precision. The...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region St Julien
Vintage 2010
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 13.5%
Closure Cork

The 2010 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases Ex Chateau 2024 is a Bordeaux blend produced by Leoville-Las Cases in the St Julien sub-region of Bordeaux, France. This red wine, sealed with a cork closure, has garnered high acclaim from various professional reviewers, reflecting its exceptional quality and potential for aging.

Decanter awarded this wine a perfect score of 100, describing it as "layered, textured, deep, cigar box, cassis and earth," and noted its powerful texture and tannic structure. The review emphasizes that the wine is still evolving and "still keeping plenty of secrets close to its chest," suggesting significant potential for future development.

James Suckling, giving it a near-perfect score of 99, highlights the wine’s "beautiful purity of raspberries, blueberries, currants, and flowers" along with its "super integrated tannins that are like the finest silk in texture." Suckling compares its finesse to the notable vintages of 1989 and 1995 and recommends at least six to eight years of bottle age before it reaches its prime.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate also rates the wine highly at 98 points, calling it "a full-bodied, deep and multidimensional behemoth redolent of rich berries, cassis, burning embers, pencil shavings and loamy soil." The review describes it as "broad-shouldered, layered and muscular," with a "broad, resonant finish," and notes its prodigious nature even a decade post-bottling.

Vinous, rating it 96, praises the wine’s "clean and precise bouquet" with aromas of "blackberry, melted tar, cigar humidor and crushed stone." The review points out its "abiding symmetry and detail" and forecasts a long life ahead for this Saint-Julien wine.

Wine Enthusiast joins Decanter in awarding a perfect score of 100, describing it as a "hugely powerful wine, full of dark, brooding tannins" and highlighting its "sculptural vision of classic Bordeaux structure with classy, ripe blackberry fruits."

Wine Spectator, giving it a 99, notes its "intense cassis and blackberry fruit" and "wrought-iron structure," calling it a "very chiseled Cabernet that is wonderfully precise and incredibly long." The review suggests it will be best enjoyed from 2020 through 2040.

Jeff Leve from TheWineCellarInsider.com, rating it 98, mentions that the wine is "closing down," indicating it will need extensive cellaring to reveal its full character. He describes it as "concentrated and filled with layers of perfectly ripe berries," with polished tannins and refined texture.

In summary, the 2010 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases Ex Chateau 2024 is a wine marked by its complexity, powerful structure, and significant aging potential, as highlighted by its consistently high scores and detailed reviews from experts.