Château Cap Léon Veyrin Listrac-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Supérieur 2019

Greg Sherwood MW

A complex nose layered with perfumed aromatics drifting from violets to cherry blossom, pink musk to cherry cola and dusty graphite minerality. Super focus and balance, this wine has beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon lines, a chiselled texture and fine mineral, gravelly tannins. The fruit concentration shows a seductive sweet sour mouth watering edge and fabulous black berry fruit persistence. Focused, intense and impressively linear. This should turn into an absolute star!

James Suckling

Very attractive blackcurrant and floral aromas follow through to a medium body with a solid core of polished tannins and a savory finish. The tannins are there, but they need time to resolve.

Chris Kissack, The Wine Doctor

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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Chalky tannins, sweet raspberry and blueberry fruit, a sense of lift and mint leaf on the finish. This is a good quality Listrac from Nathalie and Julien Meyre, the 6th generation to manage the property. Ready to enjoy within three or four years when the tannins have softened just a little further. Tasted twice, good quality. 60% new oak.

Wine Enthusiast

The 37-acre estate owned by the Meyre family has produced this well-structured wine, with rich, dry tannins and ripe black fruits. With concentration set against fresh acidity, the wine will age well.

Decanter

Owned by Julien and Nathalie Meyre, this 20ha estate is located to the north of Listrac on gravel and sandy soils. Good intensity to the savoury black fruits, tannins pretty chewy right now and the spiced rosemary and black pepper notes are extremely clear on the finish, closing a fist around the fruit. Give it three to four years to soften. 60% new oak, mix of manual and mechanic harvesting, consultant Michel Rolland.

Decanter

Falstaff

Dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, delicate ochre rim. Fine wood savouriness, black forest berries, a hint of cassis, orange zest. Medium body, red cherries, fresh structure, integrated tannins, mineral-salty finish, plums in the aftertaste, already drinkable.

Le Figaro Vin

Energy and charm combined. Great aromatic power; the precision of the fruit is appreciated, with discreet oak. The palate is clean, dense, complete, with fine-grained tannins and remarkable vitality. Energy and charm.

VV Wine

(50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, tasted in December 2021 in Windisch). Initially very restrained on the nose, it needs time and air to open up, then reveals a mix of dark and red berries, tobacco and floral notes—very fine, noble, and without any dominance of oak. On the palate it is taut, delicate, elegant—wow, this is fun; everything is in its place. The fruit feels crisp, the acidity fresh, the tannins finely woven, wonderfully balanced, and despite 14% alcohol it shows no heaviness whatsoever. Bravo! A wine that shows itself on a second look, or rather a second sip—remarkable.

Antonio Galloni

The 2019 Cap Léon Veyrin is a powerhouse. A burst of dark red cherry, cedar, tobacco, menthol and licorice makes quite the first impression. There is not a lot of subtlety, but there is plenty of brash intensity. This potent Listrac is a wine for the dinner table. Give the tannins a year or two to soften.

Markus del Monego MW