2012 シャトー・レオヴィル =ラスカーズ、サン・ジュリアン
このワインは見事なエレガンスを備えつつ、同時に力強さを兼ね備えています。シャトー・レオヴィル＝ラスカーズは今回も、「ベルベットの手袋をはめた鉄の拳」と称されるスタイルを見事に体現しています。香りは控えめながら、カシスやココアのニュアンスが口中でしっかりと感じられます。フィニッシュは非常に長く、上質な酸と美しく統合されたタンニンが見事な調和を生み出しています。
2012 年ヴィンテージの中でも際立つ多層的な奥行きを感じさせる一本で、またしても大きな成功を収めたと言えるでしょう。
Berry Bros. & Rudd
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Colour
Red -
Sweetness
Dry -
Vintage
2012 -
Alcohol
13% -
Maturity
飲み頃だが熟成可能 -
Grape
カベルネ・ソーヴィニヨン -
Body
Full Bodied -
Producer
Château Léoville Las Cases
Black crimson. Angular and savoury. Appetising above all. Not deep, nor sweet. Even slightly skinny. Very vibrato with the vintage character. Not one of the standouts of the vintage. Too angular.
Superb colour, great depth of concentration shows the Pauillac character of Las Cases, severe and uncompromising now, but a great future.
The 2012 Leoville Las Cases has gorgeous minerality, plenty of blueberry and blackcurrant fruit that is super-pure, an opaque ruby/purple color, medium body and firm structured, slightly austere personality. This wine is built for the long-term. A blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc, it attained 13.5% alcohol, which is substantial for a 2012 Mdoc. It has depth and richness, but also a boatload of tannin. Forget it for 8-10 years and drink over the following 15-20.
The seriously endowed 2012 Las Cases exhibits a dense purple color as well as surprisingly sweet tannin and a forwardness that one does not normally find at this address. Medium to full-bodied with beautiful black currant, graphite, crushed rock and subtle oaky notes, it possesses lots of minerality and precision, impressive power, a rich mid-palate which sets it apart from other St.-Juliens), and a long finish. It appears this beauty will be drinkable in 5-6 years, and last for 25 or more. One of the best, if not the finest wines made in St.-Julien in 2012 is Jean-Hubert Delon’s famed Leoville Las Cases. A blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 11% Cabernet Franc, it tips the scales at 13.5% alcohol, which is interesting given the fact that its next door neighbor, Latour, only hit 12.8%. Delon said rot was no problem in their well-drained, gravelly vineyards which are of first-growth quality in fact if not in name).
Displays a solid core of plum, blackberry and cassis, lined with roasted apple wood and backed by a hint of ganache and briar. Shows excellent integration overall, with a serious iron note buried on the finish. A rock-solid version for this vintage.