chateau leoville barton 2eme cru classe st julien

Château Léoville Barton

Château Léoville Barton, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2015

Name: Château Léoville Barton, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Léoville Barton
Price: 893.47 GBP

95/100

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2015
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

By complete contrast to Langoa, Leoville Barton is a monumental wine with real gravitas. Produced from 86% Cabernet and the balance Merlot, this is a reserved, reticent wine that slowly unfurls to reveal a glorious bouquet of damson liqueur, graphite, cloves, spice, fine herbs, tobacco and flowers. There is considerable mid palate weight here although there is no excess; it is all pure, taut dark fruit which builds and builds offering layers of nuanced black and red berry fruit and minerals. Although understated this is a big wine and will reward considerable cellaring; the stunning fruit coated tannins hint to a long future. Impressive stuff!

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Critic Reviews

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2015 Léoville Barton is one of the few Saint-Julien wines to show a bit of sur-maturité on the nose. Hints of tinned prune infuse the black cherry fruit. The palate is ripe, very sweet and plush in style. It has a note of peppermint toward the finish that is rather distracting and otiose. Given how this has shown before, I will not rate this. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners.

date of review 06/2025

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Elongated tannins, a slow build through the palate, showing the finessed side of Barton compared to the monumental 2016. Plenty of deep brambled cassis and blackberry fruits, a crunch of pomegranate, crayon and graphite, and a juicy finish that is standing of the edge of its drinking window, and will deliver for the next decade. Tasted separately to the rest of the horizontal. 60% new oak.

drinking window 2025 - 2048

date of review 02/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Léoville Barton

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

12.5%

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