拉斯卡斯堡的一項大膽作風就是大量減少釀產,像一個絕佳年份1986年生產旺盛的年份,那個酒莊不儘量量產,唯獨拉斯卡斯堡捨得剔除50%的收成,1990年份也不例外,也捨去了67%的收成,像這樣的酒莊早就有資格晉升為一級酒堡。在收成雨水較多的年份,她也是少數的酒莊之一,將多餘的水份過濾掉,以致不影響酒質。拉斯卡斯堡與另一個同在聖祖利安的Ducru Beaucaillou杜庫堡經常戶相較勁,不論在出廠價或品質上,可謂一山不容兩虎。這頭「獅子園」是頭睡獅子,一睡得10-15年才會甦醒,是個需要有耐心等待的酒莊,待她甦醒後那種結構緊密、集中、豐腴以及重單寧的獅子強烈的個性就會表現無疑。
WA:98 Drink:2025 - 2065
The most powerful wine in this vertical is the 2010 Léoville Las Cases, a full-bodied, deep and multidimensional behemoth redolent of rich berries, cassis, burning embers, pencil shavings and loamy soil. Broad-shouldered, layered and muscular, with huge reserves of concentration and sweet, powdery tannin, it concludes with a broad, resonant finish. This is a prodigious, somewhat imposing Las Cases that is still an infant a decade after bottling.