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Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1975 - 12 Bottle(s)

Currency:USD Category:Wine Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,100.00 USD
Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1975 - 12 Bottle(s)
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Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1975

"Tasting Notes"
"This is one of the great successes of the vintage. However, those with modern day tastes for soft, easy-going, supple wines may not enjoy the 1975 Leoville Las-Cases. Why? It is a tannic, backward, old style wine cut from the mold of such vintages as 1948 and 1928. The color is a dark ruby/garnet with a hint of amber at the edge. The nose offers up distinctive mineral, lead pencil, sweet, blackcurrant scents with flinty overtones. Full-bodied, thick, and concentrated, as well as atypically muscular and powerful, this should prove to be one of the longest-lived wines of the vintage. There are sensational levels of richness and intensity. While the vintage's tough tannin level ensures another 20-35 years of longevity, the wine may dry out by that time. I thought this wine would be at its peak by the mid-nineties, but it still needs another 5-8 years of cellaring. It is a very impressive, albeit backward and hard wine." 92 Points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 2/96
"End Tasting Notes"

1 Into Neck. 4 Base Neck. 2 Very Top Shoulder. 5 Top Shoulder. 3 Slightly Bin Soiled Labels. 3 Bin Soiled Labels. 1 Damp Stained Label. 1 Nicked Label. 2 Slightly Torn Labels. 4 Slightly Corroded Capsules.
12 Bottles per lot $800 - 1100