The 2019 Léoville–Las Cases, bottled July 2021, retains the energetic, vivacious bouquet that I noticed last year from the barrel sample, offering intense blackberry, bilberry and still those faint shucked oyster shell scents in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with wonderful detail and precision, a mixture of black and blue fruit and enthralling clarity and length. Perhaps there is a little more creaminess in terms of texture toward the finish, a bit of 'baby fat' that will be subsumed with time, so give this 8–10 years in bottle if you want to taste it in full flight. [Returning after 15 or 20 minutes, I discerned more pepperiness on the finish, and perhaps also less creaminess and more structure.] 14.02% alcohol. 12/2021

Just as it was from barrel, the 2019 Léoville Las-Cases is a wine of pure and total sophistication. There is not the size of some recent vintages, but instead that heft is replaced by cool refinement. The expression of fruit leans into the redder end of the spectrum as opposed to the typically darker Las-Cases profile. Hints of cedar, tobacco, mint and blood orange linger. I can't wait to see how it ages. 02/2022

The 2019 Léoville Las Cases is a brilliant young wine that will delight Bordeaux purists. Unwinding in the glass with scents of cassis, dark berries, cigar wrapper and pencil shavings, it’s full-bodied, layered and tightly wound, with a deep core of fruit, lively acids and an abundance of rich, powdery tannins. Concentrated and serious, much like its immediate neighbor Château Latour, it is likely to emerge as one of the vintage’s longest lived—and greatest—wines. 04/2022

Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Grand nez fin, profond et complexe. Touche subtile de fruits noirs, de fruits frais, d'épices, avec une pointe d'écorce d'orange. La bouche se présente tout en dentelle, avec énormément de goût et un charme inédit pour ce cru à cet âge. Le vin pousse la bouche, s'étire tendu et aromatique et pourtant raffiné et subtil. On dirait une concentration de l'intérieur. Il me tarde de le regoûter l'an prochain. Il me semble que Léoville Las Cases utilise dorénavant plus de bois neuf (90 % en 2019) et le rendu est plus subtil. Assemblage : 79 % cabernet sauvignon, 10 % cabernet franc, 11 % merlot. Degré d'alcool : 14° - pH : 3,67 - IPT : 80. 03/2022

Currants and blackberries with crushed stones, bark and some conifer and pine cone. Perfumed. Discreet. Medium-to full-bodied with an integrated tannin structure that’s full of fine tannins that are weightless and seamless, building on the palate and coming out at the end. Needs five or six years to open. Texture of heavy silk. 79% cabernet sauvignon, 11% merlot and 10% cabernet franc. Try after 2027. 03/2022