Chateau Leoville Las Cases 1997 pickup only The Silver Medal at the giftship The Silver Medal at the 2010 San Francisco World Spirits Competition confirms that this is more than just a marketing exercise in higher alcohol — it's a genuinely well made spirit juniper heavy London Dry this wine is best served slightly below room temperature — around 16–18°C (61–64°F) — and benefits from 30 to 60 minutes of decanting to allow its complex aromatics to fully open What makes this bottling remarkable is the estate's willingness to deploy its reverse osmosis technology — adopted a full decade earlier — to concentrate the must and preserve intensity that most neighbors simply could not achieve