Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2014 Leoville-Las Cases is a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, cropped at 33 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 85% new oak. There is 6.8% vin de presse this year. Picked between 30 September and 13 October over 12 days. It has a delectable bouquet with very precise, mineral-rich black fruit infused with oyster shell, which appears to be a leitmotif of Jean-Huber Delon's 2014s! The palate is medium-bodied with wondrous purity and tension, the acidity beautifully poised and imparting the palpable sense of energy from start to finish. Where it really excels is on the finish: exquisite structure, very complex with enormous persistence that lingers for more than a minute. Surely the wine of the appellation, ditto one of the best Left Bank 2014s.

James Suckling

I love the nose of blackberries, blueberries, flowers and citrus. Hints of stones and wet earth. Full body and ultra-fine tannins that are so long and seamless. Incredible length. A wine that you want to drink now.

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, aromatic, precise, elegant and “dynamic”. It reveals notes of fresh red fruits associated with small notes of acidulous blueberry candy, flowers (blueberry and a touch of violet) as well as small notes of spices, cedar and black pepper. The palate is fresh, fruity, chiseled, subtle, fat, nicely built, elegant, frank, straight, gourmand and aerial. In the mouth it expresses notes of crushed strawberry, raspberry and blackberry. Tannins are fine, elegant and silky. The finish is suave. A nice fruity, rich and gourmand wine.

Falstaff

Wine Enthusiast

This is a great wine. It has all the elements in place to produce a wine that will last for years: powerful fruit, rich tannins and a structure that is built to last. This is elegant, impressive and concentrated. Almost entirely Cabernet Sauvignon, the grape gives the wine its fruit and its tannins. Drink from 2028.