Grand Vin Chateau Leoville-Las Cases 2018 France Bottle Auxey-Duresses Les Breterins Showing darker and slightly more

Showing darker and slightly more saturated fruit

The 2022 West Ridge may prove to be the wine of the vintage

Bright cherry red color

This has a lovely core of mulled cassis

Grand Vin Chateau Leoville-Las Cases 2018 France Bottle Auxey-Duresses Les Breterins Showing darker and slightly morePure magic and one of the finest expressions of this estate I could imagine, as well as a perfect wine, the 2018 Chteau Loville Las Cases comes from a mix of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc that spent 19 months in (I believe) all new French oak. Its dense purple color is followed by a profound wine loaded with notions of crme de cassis, lead pencil shavings, melon, crushed stone, tobacco, and violets. Full bodied,