CRITIC REVIEWS
James Suckling
I love the nose of blackberries, blueberries, flowers and citrus. Hints of stones and wet earth. Full body and ultra-fine tannins that are so long and seamless. Incredible length. A wine that you want to drink now.
Jane Anson
I love the 2014 vintage in this northerly stretch of the Haut-Médoc, and this is a monumantal Las Cases that is still in its austere phase. Its almost impossible to believe that this will soften in another decade, but it will, because this was fleshy and rich during En Primeur, and all that powerful fruit is still visible - just - but surrounded by tannins, mint bud, eucalyptus, earth, black pepper, cassis and slate minerality. As so often happens with Las Cases in its early stages, so much is about what is not said, rather what is felt but not yet articulated - in this case a sense of growing energy through the palate. Huge potential, but for now its not giving much away. 50% new oak.