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dark berries

mineral and cassis-laced flavors with a firm frame of very finely pixelated tannins and seamless freshness

There is a brightness to the wine—surprising freshness—and yet it remains very rich and hedonic

where the wine's depth and authority can fully unfold

Château Leoville Las-Cases 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2019, 75cl Efterårssmagning velvety new saddle leatherThe 2019 Loville Las Cases is a brilliant young wine that will delight Bordeaux purists. Unwinding in the glass with scents of cassis, dark berries, cigar wrapper and pencil shavings, it's full bodied, layered and tightly wound, with a deep core of fruit, lively acids and an abundance of rich, powdery tannins. Concentrated and serious, much like its immediate neighbor Chteau Latour, it is likely to emerge as one of the vintage's longest livedand