{"id":25339,"date":"2016-06-14T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25339"},"modified":"2016-06-14T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:30:02","slug":"2015-bordeaux-leoville-las-cases-petit-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/2015-bordeaux-leoville-las-cases-petit-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Bordeaux &#8211; L\u00e9oville Las Cases &#038; Second Slice Pontet Canet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delons have now released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-CHATEAU-LEOVILLE-LAS-CASES-2eme-Cru-Classe-Saint-Julien-23333-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0CH\u00c2TEAU L\u00c9OVILLE LAS CASES<\/a> at \u00a31475 per dozen, \u00a3737.50 per six.<em> &#8216;superlative L\u00e9oville Las-Cases with the substance to suggest long-term ageing will be repaid. 95 &#8211; 97\/100&#8217;<\/em> <span class=\"reviewer\">Neal Martin.<em> &#8216;Grabs the attention. 17.5&#8217;<\/em> <span class=\"reviewer\">Jancis Robinson. <em>&#8216;This will be a very great wine.&#8217;<\/em> 96 <span class=\"reviewer\">Steven Spurrier.<\/span><\/span> <\/span>The second wine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-LE-PETIT-LION-Saint-Julien-Chateau-Leoville-Las-Cases-23278-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0LE PETIT LION<\/a> is priced at \u00a3310 a dozen or \u00a3155 per six. We wish we had tasted these wines as well as other critics and look forward to seeing them again in bottle. We feel that Las Cases likely to be available at this price for a very long time and we would not suggest you tie money up in it unless you really <em>need<\/em> to have a case of Las Cases in your cellar in 2035+ and think you might forget to buy one in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>We are told that Bruno Borie will release Ducru Beaucaillou &#8216;any time now&#8217;, but this could mean anything knowing Bruno. We have also been waiting for La Conseillante and Figeac for nearly a week since we were told the release of Conseillante was imminent. 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