Château Léoville Las Cases-1986 Jerboam, 1986 Wine Accessories delicate and aromatic Gewurztraminer expressing

delicate and aromatic Gewurztraminer expressing notes of rose

serious and distinguished by its freshness

clay with rough stones and limestone

Cabernet sauvignon

A concentrated cherry nose loaded with dark spice

Château Léoville Las Cases-1986 Jerboam, 1986 Wine Accessories delicate and aromatic Gewurztraminer expressingThe 1986 Leoville Las Cases is still so youthful in appearance after 30 years, with only a thin bricking on the rim giving away its age. The bouquet is magnificent: extraordinarily pure and delineated, bewitching black fruit laced with cedar and graphite, the latter lending an almost Pauillac like personality. The palate is exactly as I have found the previous dozen or so bottles I have tasted: structured, delineated, intense, aristocratic and