WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 979; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 889. The average score for Château Léoville-Las Cases is 924, 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Las Cases: Iris, Ageless, Breathtaking, Legend, Mouthfeel, Shavings, Reticent, Shy, Brutally, Fun. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 12.5%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (12% vs 13.1%). The wine will be ready to drink in 7 years (in 2023) and should be consumed within the next 34 years (by 2050). 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 La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2006, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Las Cases 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
150 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
300 |