Château Léoville Las Cases

Le Petit Lion, St Julien, 2022

Name: Le Petit Lion, St Julien
Brand: Château Léoville Las Cases
Price: 327 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

91/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

Vinous

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all 2021 2022 2023

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En primeur

2022
6x75cl
EP
£327.00

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We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

91/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

This is a blend of 55.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38.5% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, the press wine is a confident 18.5% of the total, and the élevage was in 39% new oak. This is dark and brooding on the nose, the fruit focused and fresh, but there is a perfumed, crushed chalk edge to it as well. The palate presents a fine harmony, with dark fruit, rather saline in character, with black olives, currants, black cherry, with a ripe wrapping of tannins buried deep beneath the dark fruit, and only really showing at the end. This shows great substance and savoury depth, and is a good example of a second wine for this vintage. It is worth considering this for medium-term cellaring. The alcohol on the label is 14%.

drinking window 2025 - 2040

date of review 06/2025

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Smudged crayon, lovely deep dark fruit, there are firm tannins here that give shape and form to the wine, waves of dark pepper spice, great quaity, edges of floral aromatics as it opens, raspberry bud, the floral aspect to the nose appears as it opens up, has a lot of restrained power, chalky textire, opens up beautifull. 39% new oak for ageing. First vintage when the 2nd selection of Clos du Marquis is also included in le Petit Lion.

drinking window 2026 - 2038

date of review 03/2025

91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Le Petit Lion has a classy bouquet, perhaps one of the best that I have tasted to date: beautifully defined black fruit, black olive, hints of cedar, juniper and wilted violets. It just blossoms in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a degree of salinity and more weight than expected, although it just loses a little delineation toward the finish. Nevertheless, it is a quite delicious Deuxième Vin, albeit one that requires two or three years in bottle.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 02/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Léoville Las Cases

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13.2%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.