Clos du Marquis 2001 (review)

86 points

From St. Julian, Bordeaux, France.

2nd wine of Leoville Las Cases, and perhaps a bit over-rated as a bargain. It's textbook quality claret with quite reasonable mid palate richness given its age. Good but no wow factor. It has a touch of mineral steel flavour which I'm not sure if is a characteristic of St Julien or just in this vintage. Ch Branaire 2001 also had this (more so).