2003 Chateau Leoville Las Cases 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien 1x750ml

Vinous 92

The 2003 Leoville Las-Cases, a year when they green harvested, has an enticing bouquet with red fruit, orange rind, tobacco and loamy scents, gaining confidence with aeration (decanting really benefits this wine). The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, quite strict for a 2003, but with adequate freshness and a grippy, cigar box-infused and persistent finish. This is an impressive showing, and at 20 years, it will give another 20 years of drinking pleasure, unlike many of its peers. Tasted at the chateau. [Neal Martin, 08/08/2023]

Anticipated maturity: 2023-2045

Robert Parker 95

One of the successes of the vintage, the 2003 Leoville Las Cases becomes more and more reminiscent of the 1982 as it ages. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, petroleum jelly and vanilla pod, it’s medium to full-bodied, with a broad, fleshy profile and a concentrated core of fruit framed by ripe, velvety tannins. It’s undeniably high pH in profile, but not to excess. [William Kelley, 25/12/2021]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050