Leoville Las Cases - 2005 (750ml) Prosecco black fruit and spices

black fruit and spices

The rich flavors are hard to pin down: cocoa

framed by fine-grained tannins and finishing with great length

The top-notch 1997 is a classic

Wine Spectator - 95 points

Leoville Las Cases - 2005 (750ml) Prosecco black fruit and spicesThis is a prodigious effort. A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Merlot and Cabernet Franc (only 37% of the crop qualified for Las Cases), this dense ruby purple wine has a stunningly pure bouquet of dark fruit, wet rocks, graphite, and subtle background toast vanillin. Full bodied, masculine, and very deep and concentrated, this titanic effort is at least 8 10 years away from its plateau of maturity. The Delon family have produced