Château Leoville-Las Cases - Saint Julien 'Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases'
| Vintage: | 2010 |
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| Description: | One of the oldest Medoc estates, Domaine de Léoville belonged to some of the wealthiest and most influential noble French families before it was acquired by the Las Cases family. The estate was split up between 1826 and 1840 as a result of the French Revolution. (Expropriation of emigrants' property and constitution of egalitarian redistribution). Château Léoville Las Cases was created, thanks to a kind of birthright, from 3/5 of the original estate and the heart of the domain. In recent years, several vineyard plots on the Saint-Julien terroirs were uprooted and replanted, and these are now coming into production. To preserve the quality level of the Grand Vin, Château Léoville Las Cases therefore decided it would create a second wine, from the 2007 vintage. The Petit Lion shares the philosophy of its elder sibling; it is vinified and aged |
| Price: | $ 125.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
