Chateau Léoville-Las Cases - Saint-Emilion | 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Léoville-Las Cases is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Léoville-Las Cases is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus (Second Growths) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
Léoville-Las Cases was one of the first estates in Bordeaux to introduce a second label, Clos du Marquis. However, Clos du Marquis is a separate wine. Since 2007, the Chateau has offered a Second Wine known as Le Petit Lion de Marquis de Las Cases.
Here is a second wine of the great Second Growth Bordeaux, Leoville Las Cases is a wine that experts consider comparable to First Growths like Latour and Mouton. In certain years, several vineyard plots are uprooted and replanted. As they are coming into production instead of going into the Grand Vin the Chateau created this second wine from these younger vines. The Petit Lion shares the philosophy of its elder sibling; it is vinified and aged in order to preserve its fresh, ripe fruit and made to be more accessible with a significant proportion of Merlot used in the blend. 52% Cabernet Sauvignon 38% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc 5% Petit Verdot, aged in 22% new oak barrels. Particularly in a monumental vintage like 2010 when everything went right, to find an affordable wine like this from Leoville Las Cases is truly a rare treat.