Château Leoville-Las Cases ‘Grand Vin de Leille’ 1978 (3 bottles)
Saint-Julien, Red Bordeaux Blend
750 ml / France
2eme Grand Cru Classé

WA 90
“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.”
October 1995 (RP – Wine Advocate)

Cellaring conditions inspected by Hall’s Auction (temperature and humidity-controlled)