WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1986 which is 912. The average score for Château Léoville-Las Cases is 922, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Léoville-Las Cases they use words like Fruit, Cassis, Dense, Powerful, Ripe, Full, Black, Purple, Oak, Tannic, Currant, Rich, Classic, Pure, Sweet. The 1986 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1986 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Las Cases: Saturnine, Rotie, Melon, Vigorous, Fruitcake, Eclipsing, Comforting, Lush, Volume, Solid. The wine has been ready to drink for 11 years (since 2005) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). It normally takes wines from Château Léoville-Las Cases around 14 years to be ready to start drinking, and 19 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2009, Château Latour 2003; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Las Cases 1986
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
246 |