Leoville Las Cases - 1989 (750ml) Size:750ml and a touch of oak

and a touch of oak

The palate is nicely composed on the entry and the oak appears more integrated than on the nose

and a subtle touch of smoke

It should drink well for 2-3 years

with a long and complex finish

Leoville Las Cases - 1989 (750ml) Size:750ml and a touch of oakDark ruby (a far less saturated color than the 1990, for example), this wine offers up a somewhat internationally styled nose of new oak and ripe black currant fruit, with a hint of mineral and graphite. The wine is a medium weight, relatively elegant style of wine without nearly the power, density, and layers of concentration that the 1990 possesses. Like so many 1989s, there is a feeling that the selection was not as strict as it could have been, or