描述
Chateau Leoville Las Cases (雄狮酒庄)
DEUXIEMES CRU CLASSÉ, ST. JULIEN
BORDEAUX, FRANCE.
At the end of the 19th century, Theophile Skawinski purchased Leoville Las Cases. At the time, Theophile Skawinski was the managing director of Chateau Leoville Cases. Skawinski passed his shares to Andre Delon, which is the start of the Delon family ownership in Bordeaux.
At about the same time, Leoville Las Cases earns credit for creating one of the first official, “Second” Bordeaux wines with Clos du Marquis, which made its debut in 1902.
The 98-hectare vineyard of Leoville Las Cases is planted to 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Interestingly, this shows an increase in the Merlot plantings over the past several years. The Leoville Las Cases vineyard underwent major replanting during the 1950’s after the legendary frost.
The vineyard has a terroir that is mostly gravel with gravelly sand and gravelly clay in their soils. Today the vines average more than 40 years of age. However, they have old vines. The oldest vines are some of their Cabernet Franc, which is close to 90 years of age. The vineyard is planted to a vine density of 8,600 vines per hectare.
