Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases 2019 is the second wine of Château Léoville Las Cases in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux. It’s a dry red that multiple sources place at 13.5% alcohol, built in a medium to medium-plus weight style that aims to deliver clear Las Cases character with earlier approachability than the grand vin.

Across reviewers, the wine is consistently described in classic Left Bank terms: dark fruit, tobacco, pencil lead, and damp earth, with polish rather than brute force. James Suckling highlights “blackberry, blackcurrant and wet-earth character with spice and sweet tobacco,” adding “fine-grained tannins and a long finish,” calling it an “excellent second wine” and suggesting it’s “best with three to four years of bottle age… after 2024.” Decanter is even more enthusiastic, awarding an excellent 96 points and describing “gorgeous perfumed cherry fruit… such clarity and drive,” with a palate that’s “juicy but calm… wrapped up in silky tannins,” plus mineral/umami detail—“touches of iodine, wet stone and iron… and a soft saline kick at the end”—and an “effortless charm” feel (drinking window 2024–2035).

Vinous (Antonio Galloni) emphasizes texture and readiness, calling it “plush, deep and layered, but in a mid-weight style” that will be “approachable with minimal cellaring,” with “bright red-toned fruit, chalk and lifted floral accents.” Wine Enthusiast (Roger Voss) notes “lashings of black currant fruits” and “open, spicy tannins,” with “almost jammy fruitiness” tied to ripe Merlot, framing it as a “proper second wine, made to age over the medium term.”

Several reviewers provide technical detail: Jeb Dunnuck reports a blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc, aged in 30% new French oak, and calls it “one heck of a second wine” with “two decades of prime drinking.” Jane Anson also cites 30% new oak and adds that the fruit comes from within the walled L’Enclos, noting “pencil lead and graphite… crushed rocks,” and a “pure and chiselled cassis and bilberry” profile. Jeff Leve sums it up as a “serious, baby version of Leoville Las Cases,” with a “creamy, forward” finish (drink 2023–2034).