78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc

Neal Martin: 96, James Suckling: 91/94

Neal Martin: The 2008 Leoville Las Cases has a backward, broody, earthy bouquet with intense tobacco and graphite aromas, more like a Pauillac than a Saint Julien, no surprise given that it lies on the border. The palate is very impressive: layers of tobacco-tinged black fruit, sea salt and graphite. This is very precise and harmonious with a persistent and multi-layered finish that leaves you mightily impressed. 2020 - 2050.