Château Léoville-Las Cases 2025
St-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£660.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.7% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2065 |
| Grapes: 82% Cabernet Sauvignon; 12% Cabernet Franc; 6% Merlot | |
Critic scores
96-98 RP, 96-98 NM, 96-98 AG, 98-99 JS, 97-100 JD, 97-99 LPB, 98 JA, 97 DC, 98-100 JL, 97-99 DB, 100 YB
Critic reviews
"One of the most serious, brooding wines of the vintage is the 2025 Léoville Las Cases, a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums, pencil shavings and creamy new oak, it's medium- to full-bodied, deep and dense, with prodigious reserves of sweet but assertive tannin, lively acids and a long, muscular finish. This will require patience."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases is the earliest harvest since 1989, starting on September 5 until September 20. Yields are 23 hl/ha, with a soft extraction using air pumps introduced in 2019, and it was matured in 80% new oak. It is the third vintage made in the new, impressive facility. This has another intense nose, quite flamboyant for Las Cases due to the warmth of the summer, with hints of pencil shavings and cigar box coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied but very concentrated. Real depth and density here, very primal, with an intense, multi-layered finish that coats the mouth. Not a subtle Las Cases, nor should it be, though I aver that it will oblige long-term ageing."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases is powerful, tightly wound and very shut down—in other words, classic Las Cases. In some recent vintages, the Grand Vin has shown somewhat softer contours, but the 2025 is really a throwback to a more muscular, classically austere style. It offers tremendous persistence and sheer power, but beyond that, the wine is pretty hard to read in the early going, certainly much more so than any of the other wines in the Delon stable. I expect this will need many years to be at its most rewarding. Based on this en primeur sample, the 2025 is a wine for readers who have actuarial tables on their side."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases Blanc is a new wine from the Delon family, a blend of Sémillon, Marsanne and Roussanne meant to stand out from the ever-increasing ocean of dry whites that are appearing all over Bordeaux. The debut vintage is promising. Hints of orchard fruit, chamomile, ginger and spice open gradually in the glass. This is still coming together in barrel but quite intriguing just the same."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"A serious but classic Las Cases style with a fragrant nose of roses and violets, blackcurrant and plum. Grippy from the off, the Cabernet playing its part in giving structure straight away – so well defined. Power and focus, it’s ripe no doubt but with no dryness thanks to this fresh, mouthwatering fruit in the background – raspberry and cranberry, almost tart. Striking and quite a unique style: supple, energetic and vibrant yet still super coiled and tight. One to wait for with ageing for sure. Has the polish and lots of star power here – refined and focused. 3.56pH."
Geogina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 82% Cabernet Sauvignon; 12% Cabernet Franc; 6% Merlot; a final yield of 23 hl/ha; pH 3.56; IPT 82; 13.65% alcohol). Sumptuous at the first encounter, with lovely violet and patchouli floral notes, gorgeous cedar and Las Cases graphite, an intensely dark berry and cherry fruit, copious black peppercorns, a hint of heather and a wild herbal component that's almost more St-Estèphe than St Julien. We have that haunting beauty once again of the truly magical wines of the vintage and a little hint of incense, myrrh and the plume from the recently snuffed cathedral candle. A tight frame, never too ample, gives this incredible depth despite the considerable density. Las Cases, as ever, has massive aging potential yet an accessibility, conveyed by the sheer beauty of the fruit, that is spectacular. Brilliant."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases is the earliest harvest since 1989, starting on September 5 until September 20. Yields are 23 hl/ha, with a soft extraction using air pumps introduced in 2019, and it was matured in 80% new oak. It is the third vintage made in the new, impressive facility. This has another intense nose, quite flamboyant for Las Cases due to the warmth of the summer, with hints of pencil shavings and cigar box coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied but very concentrated. Real depth and density here, very primal, with an intense, multi-layered finish that coats the mouth. Not a subtle Las Cases, nor should it be, though I aver that it will oblige long-term ageing."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases is powerful, tightly wound and very shut down—in other words, classic Las Cases. In some recent vintages, the Grand Vin has shown somewhat softer contours, but the 2025 is really a throwback to a more muscular, classically austere style. It offers tremendous persistence and sheer power, but beyond that, the wine is pretty hard to read in the early going, certainly much more so than any of the other wines in the Delon stable. I expect this will need many years to be at its most rewarding. Based on this en primeur sample, the 2025 is a wine for readers who have actuarial tables on their side."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Léoville Las Cases Blanc is a new wine from the Delon family, a blend of Sémillon, Marsanne and Roussanne meant to stand out from the ever-increasing ocean of dry whites that are appearing all over Bordeaux. The debut vintage is promising. Hints of orchard fruit, chamomile, ginger and spice open gradually in the glass. This is still coming together in barrel but quite intriguing just the same."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"A serious but classic Las Cases style with a fragrant nose of roses and violets, blackcurrant and plum. Grippy from the off, the Cabernet playing its part in giving structure straight away – so well defined. Power and focus, it’s ripe no doubt but with no dryness thanks to this fresh, mouthwatering fruit in the background – raspberry and cranberry, almost tart. Striking and quite a unique style: supple, energetic and vibrant yet still super coiled and tight. One to wait for with ageing for sure. Has the polish and lots of star power here – refined and focused. 3.56pH."
Geogina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 82% Cabernet Sauvignon; 12% Cabernet Franc; 6% Merlot; a final yield of 23 hl/ha; pH 3.56; IPT 82; 13.65% alcohol). Sumptuous at the first encounter, with lovely violet and patchouli floral notes, gorgeous cedar and Las Cases graphite, an intensely dark berry and cherry fruit, copious black peppercorns, a hint of heather and a wild herbal component that's almost more St-Estèphe than St Julien. We have that haunting beauty once again of the truly magical wines of the vintage and a little hint of incense, myrrh and the plume from the recently snuffed cathedral candle. A tight frame, never too ample, gives this incredible depth despite the considerable density. Las Cases, as ever, has massive aging potential yet an accessibility, conveyed by the sheer beauty of the fruit, that is spectacular. Brilliant."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com