Description

Red Wine: 2012 | Chteau Loville-Las Cases | Grand Vin de Leoville

The 2012 Chteau Loville Las Cases showcases a distinct intensity on the nose, combining aromas of black fruits, cassis, vanilla, toast, and spices. With a medium acidity and resolved tannins, it boasts a full-bodied profile and long finish.

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Producer: Chteau Loville-Las Cases

Ratings: WE | 96 JL | 93

Vintage: 2012

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Julien

The 2012 Chteau Loville Las Cases showcases a distinct intensity on the nose, combining aromas of black fruits, cassis, vanilla, toast, and spices. With a medium acidity and resolved tannins, it boasts a full-bodied profile and long finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: This combines considerable power and concentration with rich, impressive fruits. It has both style and elegance, with density to give it great aging potential. The tannins are firm while also having a velvet texture. The wine, dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, is for serious aging. Drink from 2025.

• Jeff Leve: Tobacco, cedar wood, blackberries and fresh herbs create the nose. On the palate, the wine delivers a classic blast of fresh, concentrated, cassis, salty, mineral driven tannins and a chewy, long, cassis filled finish. This will be better with a decade of age.

Producer Information

Chteau Loville-Las Cases is an estate in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux, ranked as a second growth in the 1855 Classification of the Mdoc and Graves. Typical of the appellation, Chteau Loville-Las Cases is Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, with smaller amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The estate has a history dating back to the mid-17th Century, when it used to be part of a much larger estate. During the French Revolution (1789-1799) the estate was divided in two with a small section becoming Chteau Loville Barton. In 1840, the original estate was again divided, creating Chteau Loville-Poyferre. All three of the Loville chteaux were named in the 1855 Classification as second growths, but Loville-Las Cases remains the largest. There are 98 hectares (242 acres) of vineyards, planted with 66 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 24 percent Merlot, 9 percent Cabernet Franc and 1 percent Petit Verdot. The vineyard’s soils are mostly gravel over sand and clay, with some areas where the clay reaches the surface. The proximity of the Gironde moderates weather extremes, lowering the risk of frost and allowing grapes to ripen earlier than vineyards further inland. The vines are on average 40 years old. Loville-Las Cases produces three wines, all red Bordeaux blends. It is credited with being one of the first Bordeaux producers to release a second wine in 1902, even though the second wine in question, the Clos du Marquis, is made from a separate vineyard and thus is not really a second wine. A true second wine, Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases, was released in 2007, and is a Merlot-dominant wine made from younger vines, which are not yet ready for the grand vin. Domaines Delon, proprietors of the estate, also own Chteau Potensac in the Medoc and Chteau Nnin in Pomerol.