Clos du Marquis, St Julien, 2021

Name: Clos du Marquis, St Julien
Brand: Château Léoville Las Cases
Price: 322.73 GBP

Available Vintages

all 1982 2000 2001 2002 2003 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

67% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 19% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc from yields of 30 hl/ha. This has a higher IPT than 2019 and 2020. Dark and very mineral but with a fresh line of acidity. This feels like a serious wine with a deep core of gravelly cassis. Quite serious, upright, aloof, and sinewy, but finishes with a lovely clear, bright cherry fruit, ripe tannins and a nice sapidity.

critic reviews

92/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 14% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Clos du Marquis has a deep garnet-purple color. An evocative perfume spills out of the glass with scents of lavender oil, crushed blackcurrants, and black raspberries, leading to hints of crushed rocks and underbrush. The medium-bodied palate is taut with tight-knit black and red berry flavors, framed by firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and minerally. Nice!

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2035

date of review 04/2024

90/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

A serious and enjoyable Clos du Marquis, plenty of clove, white pepper spice, clear tannic frame here also, you are in the LLC family, these are more readable tannins perhaps but still with a kick, cradling savoury grilled raspberry and cassis fruit. 45% new oak. 34hl/h yield, 4% press wine. A single point upscore.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2032

date of review 04/2024

91/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Clos du Marquis has a very expressive and open bouquet at the moment, displaying lavish red fruit, crushed violet, peppermint and cassis scents that veer quite closely to Pauillac in style, though there is less of the graphite element that I commented upon out of barrel). The palate is medium-bodied with juicy red fruit, quite voluminous for this vintage, revealing an infusion of licorice toward the finish with white pepper and clove on the aftertaste. Afford this four or five years in bottle.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2044

date of review 02/2024

93/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From bottle, the 2021 Clos du Marquis is just as impressive and serious as it was in cask. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of blackcurrants, lilac, burning embers and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, with a concentrated core of lively fruit, sweet but abundant tannins and a long, palate-staining finish.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2050

date of review 02/2024