Saint-Julien · vintage 2008
The 2008 vintage in Saint-Julien
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Julien. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Léoville Las Cases wines are powerful, tight and rich, with a slightly austere character close to the style of the great Pauillac wines. While it can certainly be enjoyed young, it is generally after twenty years or so that it expresses its full potential
Blend of the 2008 vintage
- 78 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 12 % Cabernet franc
- 10 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2008 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 64 % cabernet sauvignon, 19 % merlot, 17 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2008 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 37 hl/haYield
- 40 yrsVine age
- 200,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Traditional, in wooden vats
Ageing
16 to 20 months in barrels
Terroir
The Clos holds a terroir of very great complexity. Made up mainly of Quaternary gravel on a sandy-gravelly and clayey-gravelly subsoil, clays of varying depth and compactness are also found, sometimes even outcropping. The proximity of the Gironde is responsible for this great diversity of soils, created over successive geological periods through superimposition. In addition, the river generates a very specific microclimate that allows the grapes to ripen very early and protects the vineyard from frost. This range of geological combinations influences the development of the vine and the composition of the grapes: a regular but limited water supply and very low nutrient input favour the expression of the great Cabernet Sauvignons and Cabernet Francs, which very often reach their quintessence whatever the vintage. This incomparable terroir gives the grand vin its unique personality.
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Texts and documents 2008
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, back labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 28, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.