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Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1978 - 12 Bottle(s)

Currency:USD Category:Wine Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:950.00 - 1,300.00 USD
Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1978 - 12 Bottle(s)
All participants must be at least 21 years old.
Chateau Leoville-Las Cases - Vintage - 1978

"Tasting Notes"
"The 1978 Las Cases has taken on a garnet hue with some dark ruby tints. The nose is more complex and penetrating than the flavors. The wine offers classic, mineral, lead pencil, smoky, earthy scents, with plenty of ripe fruit, and none of the vegetal herbaceousness that many 1978s have begun to exhibit. The attack offers good ripeness, medium to full body, higher acidity than many more recent vintages, and considerable tannin in the hard finish. Although this wine possesses outstanding complexity, the high tannin level may never fully melt away. While it will last another 15-20 years, the 1978 is at its apogee and will slowly dry out over the next two decades." 90 Points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 10/95
"End Tasting Notes"

Original Wooden Case. 6 Base Neck. 5 Very Top Shoulder. 1 High Shoulder. 12 Bin Soiled Labels. 4 Slightly Corroded Capsules. 8 Corroded Capsules.
12 Bottles per lot $950 - 1300