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Château Léoville Las-Cases 1996

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

96 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 97 from 5 critics
Community evidence
Community 94 from 8 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

93 / 100

Saint-Julien · 1996

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2020now 20262050
Good to open now. The window runs 2020 to 2050. Published by 1 critic.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£397–£447

Median £397 · 2026-09

Our own summary of 12 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-16. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Normalised to a per-750ml comparable: large formats run 0% above bottles here, on 1 observations.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
Quantity unknown × size unknownnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x75cl£399£456£3992not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150cl£796£796£3981not tracked
3x150cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x300clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x600clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 100/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 98/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 18/20Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 3 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues, £398–£456 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
cavissima.com · £456per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £399per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £398per 750ml · from 1500 ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Léoville Las-Cases 1996 price history.

LWIN 101237419960100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.