Château Léoville-Las Cases 2007

Tasted blind at the 2007 Bordeaux horizontal in Southwold. Jean-Hubert Delon's wine bides its time and is very reticent and primal on the nose: blackberry, raspberry coulis, a touch of leather and cedar. It opens beautifully after five minutes. The palate is medium-bodied with a peppery entry, nicely balanced with blackberry, white pepper, leather and cedar with good persistency towards the sous-bois-tinged finish. Patently great breeding here and once its identity is revealed, I am sure it will repay a decade in the cellar and open up after 5-6 years. Score - 92+. (Neal Martin, erobertparker.com, Jan. 2011)