Leoville Las Cases - 2006 (750ml) Streblow and the 2006 is no

and the 2006 is no exception

set against a complex backdrop of redcurrants and green olives

which seems to want to be both a Pauillac and a ripe vintage of La Mission Haut Brion

this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003

Leoville Las Cases - 2006 (750ml) Streblow and the 2006 is noNot surprisingly, Leoville Las Cases has produced another classic, potentially long lived wine in 2006. Among the St. Juliens, it, Ducru Beaucaillou, and Leoville Barton possess the potential for the greatest longevity. Interestingly, when I visited this chateau in January, proprietor Jean Hubert Delon offered me two samples, one where the cork had been pulled immediately prior to tasting, and another that had been decanted four hours earlier. Both