We saw the release of perhaps the greatest 'super second', Chateau Leoville Lascases, St Julien.
This is a Chateau that regularly challenges the mighty first growths and in 2005 it is a wine close in quality to the Latour - with '05 Latour set to be ú4500 a case the Lascases looks a relative bargain at ú1680.00
BBR score 1920
If the 1855 classification was rewritten tomorrow there is little doubt that this aristocratic estate would be reclassified as a first growth. Their incredible 2005 simply adds evidence to...
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