Weitere Verkostungsnotizen

"As one would expect, this is a powerful, concentrated wine with 13.7% natural alcohol (compared to 2005's 13.2%). The pH is quite normal at 3.56, and its relatively high total acidity gives it a classic, fresh, yet backward style. Given how long vintages such as 1982, 1986, and I suspect, 2000 are taking to reach maturity, prospective purchasers of this wine should easily invest in a decade of cellaring, although I suspect it will be closer to 15 or more years before it reveals secondary nuances. A good 40- to 50-year wine, it is a dense purple, full-bodied style of Las Cases, with classic sweet kirsch, graphite and black currant fruit as well as hints of new saddle leather and subtle oak. Backward, layered and multi-dimensional, the wine is stunningly rich, but brooding. Forget it at least until 2020 or later."

95-98 Punkte

Quelle: "The Wine Advocate", Issue 194 auf www.erobertparker.com

"82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, Ertrag 36 hl/ha. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Berauschende Frucht, dezent dropsiger Beginn, dann viel schwarze Kirschen und Edelhölzer zeigend. Eine unglaubliche Souplesse bei massiven Tanninen, stoffiger, veloursartiger Gaumenfluss, sehr homogen, erinnert im Stil an den 2006er. 2019 bis 2045"

19/20 Punkte

Quelle: Gabriel, René; „WEINWISSER“ N° 5/2011

"Stunning, utterly gorgeous, a classic wine from my favourite appellation of 2010. 75% new oak, 3,56pH, translating into wonderfully high acidity underpinning the tannins, and giving a boost to the fresh fruit flavours, wrapped in a powerful structure and incredibly suave texture. One of the wines of the vintage for me - full of power and immediate impact, but with charm. Drink 2022-2045."
99+ Punkte

Quelle: Anson, Jane;  www.newbordeaux.com

"Stunning concentration of fruit, precision and purity, a great vineyard expression and a totally great wine by Chateau Leoville-Las-Cases in 2010, in the most simple sense of the term."

19,5/20 Punkte

Quelle: Decanter Magazine,  www.decanter.com

"This is very silky, with a racy and fresh character of violets, currants and raspberries. Full with a super texture. Racy structure. Reminds me of the 1996."

95-96 Punkte

Quelle: Suckling, James www.jamessuckling.com

"A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc represents 36.7% of the harvest. The wine reached 13.7% alcohol, which is l0wer than the 13.8% level recorded in 2009. Opaque purple in color, this big, concentrated, thick wine is stuffed with ripe cassis and fresh blackberries. Powerful, tannic, ripe, fresh and dense, this masculine wine requires serious cellar time to become civilized."

95-96 Punkte

Quelle: thewinecellarinsider.com with the courtesy of Jeff Leve

"Cropped at 36.7hl/ha, the Leoville Las-Cases is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, offering 13.7% alcohol and a pH of 3.56. It will be raised in 75% new oak. The nose is very intense with notes of blackberry, cassis, tobacco and a touch of black truffle, all very well defined and perhaps less generous, but more cerebral than the 2009. The palate is full-bodied with exceptionally silky smooth tannins, wonderful harmony and sense of beguiling composure and completeness. The finish is tannic, driven by the ripe Cabernet Sauvignon. I expect this Las-Cases to close down for a few years...it will need time to mellow and reach its drinking plateau. Drink 2025."

96-98 Punkte

Quelle: "Wine Journal" www.erobertparker.com

Sehr dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe; kleinbeerige schwarze Frucht, feine Gewürznuancen, schwarze Kirschen klingen an, etwas Zwetschgen, rauchige Nuancen; straff, extraktsüß, dann folgt eine intensive Säurestruktur, präsente Tannine, gute Komplexität, besitzt eine gute Länge, rote Beeren und Zitrone im Abgang, mir persönlich etwas zu viel Rasse, besitzt dessen ungeachtet ein sehr gutes Reifepotenzial.

94-96 Punkte

Quelle: Moser, Peter FALLSTAFF 03/2011

96-98 Punkte

Glänzt nicht durch übertriebenen Extrakt, sondern durch Frische, seine Rasse, seine immense Länge und Tiefe, die absolute Qualität seiner Tannine. Gigantischer Las Cases, wie wir ihn noch nie verkostet haben. 2025 bis 2050.

19/20 Punkte

Quelle: VINUM, Heft 6/2011