Ch. Léoville Las Cases (0.75 L)

WA: Michel Delon, a great man, is the consummate proprietor, meticulously administering this vast estate spread out along the St.-Julien/Pauillac border, separated from Latour’s finest vineyard by a mere ten feet. The 1993-95 vintages from Delon are brilliant wines. L¿ªoville-Las-Cases remains one of the irrefutable reference points for high class Bordeaux. One of the more massive M¿ªdocs of the vintage, this opaque purple-colored wine exhibits fabulous richness and volume in the mouth. Layers of pure black-cherry and cassis fruit are intermixed with stony, mineral-like scents, as well as high quality toasty oak. Medium to full-bodied, with a sweet, rich entry, this wine possesses plenty of tannin, yet fabulous extract and length. L¿ªoville-Las-Cases is one of the half-dozen great wines of the M¿ªdoc in 1994. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2025. This lion never falls asleep on the job!