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Leoville Las Cases St. Julien 1989 (1.5L Magnum)  - First Bottle

Reviews

98 Decanter -
1989 was an early year, with flowering three weeks ahead of usual. Now at 30 years old, a floral aspect curls out of the glass, with touches of roses and peonies, followed on the palate by bilberries and blackberries, with a cigar smoke and eucalyptus finish. It's still vigorous in its tannic structure, but it's soft and supple enough to enjoy today. This bottle was recorked by hand at the winery last year, with five people checking every single one of the 5,000 bottles remaining at the chateau. The wines were topped up from magnums of the 1989. 3% Petit Verdot completes the blend - a variety not used in the grand vin since 1996. Jane Anson (November 2018)
96 Wine Spectator -
Very ripe, with raisin and dried fruits on the nose. You can smell the sun-dried grapes. Full-bodied, delivering firm tannins and a very fresh palate. Long and flavorful, offering currant, berries and all sorts of dark fruits, but turns lightly earthy and floral. This is a thoroughly complex wine. Just starting to really open into the mature 20-year-old wine it is, but such a great life ahead of it. Muscular.--'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now.

Technical Details

  • BlendBordeaux Blend
  • CountryFrance
  • RegionBordeaux
  • AppellationSt. Julien
  • Alcohol13.5%

Leoville Las Cases St. Julien 1989 (1.5L Magnum)

Cabernet Blends  |  France
D98, WS96

Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
Ex-cellar mags from 1989 released a few months ago? Yes...THIS is about as pristine as it gets. If you've never tasted a perfectly aged bottle of Saint Julien, you haven't lived. We popped a mag at one of our last office b-day bashes and it was the first bottle empty...and there was Champagne open! 

About the Producer

One of the oldest Medoc estates, Domaine de Leoville belonged to some of the wealthiest and most influential noble French families before it was acquired by the Las Cases family. The estate was split up between 1826 and 1840 as a result of the French Revolution. Chateau Leoville Las Cases was created, thanks to a kind of birthright, from 3/5 of the original estate and the heart of the domain in Saint Julien. Today the estate is owned and run by the Delon family who purchased the chateau and its 242 acres in 1976. This is a pristine parcel of magnums that we scored direct from the Chateau, the porvenance does not get better than this!